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I am

I am proper noun: god, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.

Proper noun

I am

  1. God, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.
    • And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 3:14
    • The primary imagination I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literara, I.13
  2. (colloquial, frequently with great) A self-centred, arrogant person.
    • Joe entered and said, ‘Dinner-time. The Great I Am upstairs has grudgingly assented to oxtail soup, bangers and mash, tinned peaches with ice cream.’2003, Alasdair Gray, “Miss Kincaid's Autumn”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 751

Interjection

  1. Indicates solidarity or a support of a shared conviction with the person or object upon which a perceived injustice is being inflicted.
    • I am Charlie Hebdo!

Antonyms of I am

Origin of I am

Originally after Biblical usage (Exodus 3:14), translating Hebrew אֶהְיֶה ('ehyeh).

Questions about I am

What does I am mean?
I am means god, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.
What part of speech is I am?
I am can be a proper noun or an interjection.

Words near I am in the dictionary

  1. Hồng Bàng
  2. Hội An
  3. H₂O
  4. i
  5. I 'm
  6. I am
  7. I am ... year(s) old
  8. I am a doctor
  9. I am afraid of this
  10. I am blind
  11. I am English

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