Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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det
Alternative form of my.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, regional
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name
Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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name
Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Mass Effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Topics: lifestyle
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name
Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: WinMe
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noun
Initialism of master of engineering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of managing editor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of medical examiner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of marriage encounter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of main engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: I
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noun
The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Abbreviation of methyl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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pron
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, pronoun, singular
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pron
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular
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pron
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular
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pron
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
As the object of a preposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, pronoun, singular
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pron
Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, pronoun, singular
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pron
I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
As the subject of a verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, informal, nonstandard, often, pronoun, proscribed, singular
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pron
I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular
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pron
I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
Would be the subject of a copula in standard English, though the copula is omitted; used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular
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pron
Indefinite pronoun (usually singular); one; you; they; someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Early, Modern, obsolete
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pron
Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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symbol
Earth mass: a unit of measurement, equal to the mass of planet Earth, which is 6×1024 kg or 3×10−6 M_☉.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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symbol
The mass of the Earth specifically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sum of parts
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noun
a state in New England
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Maine, Pine Tree State
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Broader terms: American state
History
A spelling representing the pronunciation (/miː/), which is the older pronunciation (see Middle English mi (“my”); Middle English me (“me”) was pronounced /meː/, similar to modern May); the Great Vowel Shift in the Middle Ages changed /iː/ to /aɪ/, but some dialects retained or reinnovated /iː/ in this word.
From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”.
From mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
From Middle English me, an unstressed phonetic reduction of men, man (pronouns; q. v.). Compare German man (“one, you”, indefinite pronoun).
Across languages
299 source translations are retained for this English entry.
