What does "me" mean?
Initialism of master of engineering.
Me
/mi/ det, name, noun, pron, symbol, slang
det, name, noun, pron, symbol, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Initialism of master of engineering.
- Grammar: me is listed as det, name, noun, pron, symbol, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: accusative pronoun, alter, alter ego, alterum.
- Useful contrasts: I.
- Usage evidence: Education in this world disappoints me.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of master of engineering. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.
"“Quite easily. Here you are taking care of a poor little boy with one arm, and there you are sinking a ship with the other. It can’t be like you.” “Ah, but which is me? I can’t be two mes, you know.” “No. Nobody can be two mes.” “Well, which me is me?” “Now I must think. There looks to be two.” “Yes. That’s the very point—You can’t be knowing the thing you don’t know, can you?” “No.” “Which me do you know?” “The kindest, goodest, best me in the world,” answered Diamond, clinging to North Wind. […] “Do you know the other me as well?” “No. I can’t. I shouldn’t like to.” “There it is. You don’t know the other me. You are sure of one of them?” “Yes.” “And you are sure there can’t be two mes?” “Yes.” “Then the me you don’t know must be the same as the me you do know—else there would be two mes?” “Yes.” “Then the other me you don’t know must be as kind as the me you do know?”"
- 3 The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
- 4 Abbreviation of methyl. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
- 5 Initialism of managing editor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 Initialism of medical examiner. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"The little M.E.’s man nodded, picked his bag off the deck and went back up the steps to the pier."
- 7 Initialism of myalgic encephalomyelitis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of marriage encounter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of main engine. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Symbol
- 1 Earth mass: a unit of measurement, equal to the mass of planet Earth, which is 6×10²⁴ kg or 3×10⁻⁶ M_☉.
- 2 The mass of the Earth specifically.
Pronoun
- 1 The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).; As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb. first-person, pronoun, singular
"Can you hear me?"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context. alt-of
- 3 The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).; Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. archaic, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular
"And I awoke, and found me here."
- 4 The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).; Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. colloquial, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular
"When I get to college, I'm gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra."
- 5 The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).; As the object of a preposition. first-person, pronoun, singular
"Come with me."
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- 6 Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). first-person, pronoun, singular
"Who's there? —Me. (or:) It's only me."
- 7 I, the first-person singular, as the subject.; As the subject of a verb. first-person, informal, nonstandard, often, pronoun, proscribed, singular
"Me and my friends played a game."
- 8 I, the first-person singular, as the subject.; As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency. first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular
"One of them, whose sobriquet was Big-headed Blackboy, was stretched out before the fire, and no answer could be obtained from him, but a drawling repetition, in grunts of displeasure, of "Bel (not) me want to go."
- 9 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. first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular
"“I should stick to Tarzan,” he [Johnny Weissmuller] explains. “You see, I’m no actor. Well, I didn’t have to act in ‘Tarzan, the Ape Man’—just said, ‘Me Tarzan, you Jane.’ I'll never be able to act.”"
Determiner
- 1 Alternative form of my. Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, regional
"There don't seem much to say just now. / (Yer what? Then don't, yer ruddy cow! / And give us back me cigarette!)"
Proper Noun
- 1 Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
- 3 Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of Middle English. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”). alt-of
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- 6 Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 7 Initialism of Mass Effect. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
"In ME technophobia (or perhaps more accurately, "cyborg-phobia") reaches its zenith with the design of the Reapers' techno-zombies, as they are mutated, abject monstrosities that exist to be fought and killed by the player. Humans who are infected by the Reapers mutate into "Husks," which look like zombies covered with visible blue cybernetic parts."
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
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Example
"Education in this world disappoints me."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "me"?
Common synonyms include: accusative pronoun, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego.
How do you use "me" in a sentence?
Education in this world disappoints me.
How do you pronounce "me"?
Pronounced /mi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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”). Cognates Cognate with Scots me (“me”), North Frisian me (“me”), Saterland Frisian mie (“me”), Dutch me, mij (“me”), Low German mi (“me”), German mir (“me”, dative), Icelandic mér (“me”, dative), Latin mē (“me”), Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”).
Etymology 2
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.
Etymology 3
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.
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