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iota

[ ahy-oh-tuh ]

noun

  1. a very small quantity; jot; whit.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (I, ι).
  3. the vowel sound represented by this letter.


iota

/ ²¹ÉªËˆÉ™ÊŠ³ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), a vowel or semivowel, transliterated as i or j
  2. usually used with a negative a very small amount; jot (esp in the phrase not one or an iota )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of iota1

1600–10; < Latin ¾±Å³Ù²¹ < Greek ¾±Ã´³Ù²¹ < Semitic; compare Hebrew ²âÅ»å³ó yod
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of iota1

C16: via Latin from Greek, of Semitic origin; see jot
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Idioms and Phrases

see not one iota .
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Example Sentences

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"In all likelihood, this finding doesn't affect our daily lives one iota, but we really want to understand what's happening in the middle of the Earth," he adds.

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But even if she’d been driving a fire truck in the Palisades, it wouldn’t have made an iota of difference in the disaster.

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“It is clear that the instant allegation is not based on a single iota of evidence.â€

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“What we do is so blood, sweat and tears — every iota of your being at times — and if you aren’t in it, it’s really hard to understand for certain people,†Bayne says.

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And Unison previously argued that negotiations had "not moved one iota" since it told Cosla it would move towards strike action.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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