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me

//miː//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Determiner

A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

informal

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Forms

Plural
mes

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.

  2. 2.The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

  1. 1.The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).

    • And I awoke, and found me here.
    • When I get to college, I'm gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra.
  2. 2.Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).

    • Who said that? , (It was) not me.
    • It's either me or Jeremy Corbyn.
    • Who's there? , Me. (or:) It's only me.
  3. 3.I, the first-person singular, as the subject.(informal)

    • Me and my friends played a game.
    • Well he said me mustn’t eat ’nanas cause ’nanas would make me sick.
    • Whoa! That was about the coolest thing ever! Me gotta see that again.
  4. 4.Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Determiner

A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

  1. 1.Alternative form of my.(colloquial)

    • Get off me cheese! Get off! Get off!
    • "What have I ever done to prove me worth, or where I could at least say as I'd made a difference?"
    • I want me money back!

Frequency

Overall

Very common· #41

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Very common
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Rare
Literature
Common

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Word family

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”).

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