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ee¹

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noun een

  1. Northern England, Scotland, archaic An eye. Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee.

ee²

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interjection

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

ee³

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noun ees

  1. Enantiomeric excess.

ee⁴

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noun ees

  1. alternative Alternative form of e: the name of the Latin script letter E/e.e The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

ee⁵

  • /iː/ Singapore
  • [iː˧˦˧] Singapore
  • [iː˦˦˧] Singapore
  • [iːː˨˦˧] Singapore

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Where it comes from

From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).

interjection

  1. Singapore Ew, yuck; expression of disgust. Eee, so commercial some might say.

ee⁶

  • /ˈiː/

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noun

  1. alternative, informal Alternative form of e (“The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”).e

EE⁷

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Estuary English.Estuary English 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. […] Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Evangelism Explosion.Evangelism Explosion
  3. abbreviation, initialism, literary Initialism of Eudemian Ethics.Eudemian Ethics
  4. UK, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of English Electric.English Electric

noun EEs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of electrical engineering.electrical engineering
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of electrical engineer.electrical engineer
  3. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of expressed emotion.expressed emotion 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. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Easter egg.Easter egg POV: It's 2015 and you discover the creepiest EE.
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of execution environment

Ee⁸

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î).

proper noun Ees

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.

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