English Explanatory Dictionary

ME

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
  2. Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa.
  3. Initialism of Middle English.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”).
  5. Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange).
  6. Initialism of Mass Effect.
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.
noun
  1. Initialism of master of engineering.
  2. Initialism of managing editor.
  3. Initialism of medical examiner.
  4. Initialism of myalgic encephalomyelitis.
  5. Initialism of marriage encounter.
  6. Initialism of main engine.
pron
  1. The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
  2. As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
  3. Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
  4. Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
  5. As the object of a preposition.
  6. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
  7. I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
  8. As the subject of a verb.
  9. As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
  10. Would be the subject of a copula in standard English, though the copula is omitted; used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
noun
  1. The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.
det
  1. Alternative form of my.
noun
  1. The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
pron
  1. Indefinite pronoun (usually singular); one; you; they; someone.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of methyl.
name
  1. Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
pron
  1. Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

mē /miː/ en-au-me.ogg /mi/ en-us-me.ogg mĭ /mɪ/ mā /meɪ/ /me/

Word forms

ME M_E MEs me's self me's

Etymology

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”.

Synonyms

M🜨 M♁ M. Eng. M.Eng. M.Eng MEng MASc M.A.Sc. M. A. Sc. I my ass us my mine WinMe

Related words

BE SE meseems methinks noli me tangere Ime myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. ME

Derived words

ME/CFS MECO about me address me 🐘 after me the deluge a little bird told me arrest-me-red arrest me red arrest-me red ask me anything believe you me cast-me-down choke-me come-and-cuddle-me come at me date-me doc dip me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining don't tread on me fellermelad fight me fixme fool me once for me for me and not for thee fuck me forewards give me a break gracious me hear me out hit me Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate let this cup pass from me little old me look-at-me look at me make me marry me chicken me either meet me at McDonald's meet me at McDonald's haircut me-firstism meism me-me generation me-me-me generation meness meself me-time Mii mini-me new year, new me put-me-up readme read-me file rot me silly me stap me stap me vitals strike me blind

Translations

American Sign Language: 1@Sternum-FingerBack Czech: já Danish: jeg Esperanto: mi Finnish: minä Finnish: mä French: moi German: ich Icelandic: ég Latin: ego Macedonian: јас Norwegian: jeg Portuguese: eu Russian: я Scottish Gaelic: mise Slovak: ja Spanish: yo Swedish: jag Armenian: ես Dutch: ik
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