me
Forms
- Plural
- mes
Definitions
1.The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.
2.The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
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.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.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.Alternative letter-case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
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
Related words
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”).