Ee

//iː// intj, name, noun, slang

intj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An eye. Northern-England, Scotland, archaic

    "Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee."

  2. 2
    Enantiomeric excess.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of e: the name of the Latin script letter E/e. alt-of, alternative

    "The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch."

  4. 4
    Alternative form of e (“The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”). alt-of, alternative, informal
  5. 5
    Initialism of electrical engineering. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication wordnet
  2. 7
    Initialism of electrical engineer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of expressed emotion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "People with other mental disorders, even common mental disorders like depression, may still experience severe high EE conditions. The interactions between people with different mental disorders and their caregivers, and the precise mechanisms of high EE could be further explored."

  4. 9
    Initialism of Easter egg. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "POV: It's 2015 and you discover the creepiest EE."

  5. 10
    Initialism of execution environment abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Intj
  1. 1
    eh Northern-England

    "Father advanced with outstretched hand and announced in a loud, very hearty voice: "Ee, I'm pleased to meet ye, lad. […]"

  2. 2
    Ew, yuck; expression of disgust. Singapore

    "Eee, so commercial some might say."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Estuary English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "A new study from the University of Essex, which analysed the speech patterns of 200 participants. About 26% spoke EE, half spoke SSBE and the rest spoke MLE."

  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of Evangelism Explosion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Eudemian Ethics. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, literary
  5. 5
    Initialism of English Electric. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

Example

More examples

"Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î).

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