EE

¹

1. a proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.

-ee

²

1. a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is the object or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb ( addressee; employee; grantee ); recent formations now also mark the performer of an act, with the base being an intransitive verb ( escapee; returnee; standee ) or, less frequently, a transitive verb ( attendee ) or another part of speech ( absentee; refugee ).

e.e.

³

abbreviation for

1. errors excepted.

E.E.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Early English.
2. electrical engineer.
3. electrical engineering.

ee

¹

the internet domain name for

1. Estonia

EE

²

abbreviation for

1. Early English
2. electrical engineer(ing)
3. (in New Zealand) ewe equivalent

e.e.

³

abbreviation for

1. errors excepted

ee

⁴

/ iː /

noun

1. a Scot word for eye 1

-ee

⁵

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating a person who is the recipient of an action (as opposed, esp in legal terminology, to the agent, indicated by -or or -er )

   lessee

   grantee

   assignee

2. indicating a person in a specified state or condition

   absentee

   employee

3. indicating a diminutive form of something

   bootee

Word History and Origins

Origin of EE¹

< French -é, (masculine), -ée (feminine), past participle endings < Latin -ātus, -āta -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of EE¹

via Old French -e, -ee, past participial endings, from Latin -ātus, -āta -ate ¹

Example Sentences

But EE was clear this request should come from the Met - not the victim.

From BBC

The mobile phone network EE recommends that children below the age of 11 shouldn’t have smartphones at all.

From BBC

And this week mobile network EE waded into the debate by advising parents not to allow their under-11s smartphones at all.

From BBC

Its corporate affairs director Mat Sears said EE wanted to help parents and caregivers "make the best choices for their children".

From BBC

This is going to put more strain on the mobile phone networks, such as the UK’s O2, EE, Vodafone and Three.

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