EE
a proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.
Other definitions for -ee (2 of 4)
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).
Origin of -ee
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Other definitions for E.E. (4 of 4)
Early English.
electrical engineer.
electrical engineering.
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The term is inspired by this line from the poet E.E. Cummings: "Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question."
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British Dictionary definitions for ee (1 of 5)
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British Dictionary definitions for EE (3 of 5)
Early English
electrical engineer(ing)
(in New Zealand) ewe equivalent
British Dictionary definitions for -ee (4 of 5)
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
Origin of -ee
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