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my

[mahy]

pronoun

(a form of the possessive case of I used as an attributive adjective): My soup is cold.

interjection

Also, my-my. (used as an exclamation of mild surprise or dismay): My, what a big house this is! My-my, how old he looks!

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My is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1125–75; Middle English mī, variant of mīn, Old English mīn; see mine¹

Usage note
See me.

Example Sentences

It added little to my existing knowledge and did not provide a cultural awakening.

My friend who believes in ghosts sees faces of ancestors in photographs.

Towns can be said to be alive or dead, but in the case of my town, it's so alive you can eat it.

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variant of myo- before some vowels: myalgia.

pronoun

the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.

noun

(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).

Metaphysics. the ego.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i; Old English ic, ih; cognate with German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, OCS azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám

Usage note
See me.

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World English Dictionary

my¹ (maɪ)

—*determiner*
1.	of, belonging to, or associated with the speaker or writer (me): my own ideas; do you mind my smoking?
2.	used in various forms of address: my lord; my dear boy
3.	used in various exclamations: my goodness!

—*interj*
4.	an exclamation of surprise, awe, etc: my, how you've grown!

[C12 mī, variant of Old English mīn when preceding a word beginning with a consonant]

my²

—*the internet domain name for*
	Malaysia

MY

—*abbreviation for*
	motor yacht

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

developed c.1200 as mi, reduced form of mine used before words beginning in consonants except h- (my father, but mine enemy), and before all nouns beginning 14c. As interjection, 18c., probably a shortened form of my God!

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Medical Dictionary

My abbr.
myopia

my- pref.
Variant of myo-.

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