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# ci

abbreviation and fragment (CI; ci)

«ci» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (abbreviation) CI often means «Chief Inspector», a senior police officer in the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#m1)
2. (abbreviation, science and maths) CI means «confidence interval», a range of numbers that probably contains the true value. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#m2)
3. (abbreviation) The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and others) are sometimes written CI; CI is also the code for Côte d'Ivoire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#m3)
4. (Mandarin, pinyin) «Cì» means «time» as in «once, twice» (yí cì = once), and «cí» means «word»; it sounds like «tsuh». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#m4)
5. (Italian) «Ci» means «us» or «there». It is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#m5)

### In the lessons

You meet CI in police dramas («DCI» = Detective Chief Inspector), in science reports about results, and in Mandarin lessons when counting how many times something happens. In computing, CI also means «continuous integration», automatically testing code.

### Examples

- The CI arrived at the crime scene. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x1)
- DCI Smith led the detectives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x2)
- The scientists gave a 95% CI for the average height. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x3)
- In Mandarin, «yí cì» means «once». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x4)
- We went on holiday to the Channel Islands, written CI on the map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x5)
- «Ci vediamo» means «see you» in Italian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/#x6)

### Note

Not an English word on its own. What it means depends on context: police rank, statistics, a place code, Mandarin pinyin («cì», sounds like «tsuh») or Italian. Do not guess; look at the sentence around it.

## In Jewish tradition

You meet CI in police dramas («DCI» = Detective Chief Inspector), in science reports about results, and in Mandarin lessons when counting how many times something happens. In computing, CI also means «continuous integration», automatically testing code.

### Examples

- It is worthy ot note that Philo attributes the tirst inven- tion of letters to Abraham iRees, Ci,clopediii, art. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/ci/#x1)

### Note

Not an English word on its own. What it means depends on context: police rank, statistics, a place code, Mandarin pinyin («cì», sounds like «tsuh») or Italian. Do not guess; look at the sentence around it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ci» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ci/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ci» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ci.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ci» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/ci/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ci» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ci.html) on Mova free.