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EE

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

-ee

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.

abbreviation

errors excepted.

E.E.

⁴

abbreviation

Early English.
electrical engineer.
electrical engineering.

abbreviation

Early English
electrical engineer(ing)
(in New Zealand) ewe equivalent

-ee

suffix

indicating a person who is the recipient of an action (as opposed, esp in legal terminology, to the agent, indicated by -or or -er )
assignee
grantee
lessee
indicating a person in a specified state or condition
absentee
employee
indicating a diminutive form of something
bootee

/ ��ː /

noun

a Scot word for eye 1

⁴

abbreviation

Estonia

e.e.

⁵

abbreviation

errors excepted

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of EE¹

< French -é, (masculine), -é�� (feminine), past participle endings < Latin -��ٳܲ�, -��ٲ� -ate ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of EE¹

via Old French -e, -ee, past participial endings, from Latin -��ٳܲ�, -��ٲ� _-ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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For instance, under the new rules, someone with a mobile Sim only contract with EE will see their bill go up by £1.50 a month, or £18 a year.

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Currently, most of these use Virgin Media O2 and EE's networks.

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

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

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

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When To Use

What does -ard mean?

The suffix -ee is used to denote nouns related to the object or beneficiary of an act or the performer of an act. It is often used in everyday and technical terms.The form -ee comes from the French suffixes -é (masculine) and é�� (feminine), which are used to designate past participles, much like how -ed is used in English. The suffixes -é and é�� come from Latin -��ٳܲ� (masculine) and -��ٲ� (feminine), of the same meaning.

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