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emceeing

[em-see] Origin

em·cee

[em-see] noun, verb, -ceed, -cee·ing.
noun
1.
master of ceremonies.
verb (used with object)
2.
to act as master of ceremonies for.

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Emceeing is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
verb (used without object)
3.
to act as master of ceremonies.

Origin:
1935–35, Americanism; spelling form of m.c.
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emcee
1933, abbrev. of master of ceremonies.
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