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

1. errors excepted.

E.E.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Early English.

2. electrical engineer.

3. electrical engineering.

EE

¹

abbreviation

1. Early English

2. electrical engineer(ing)

3. (in New Zealand) ewe equivalent

-ee

²

suffix

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 )

   assignee

   grantee

   lessee

2. indicating a person in a specified state or condition

   absentee

   employee

3. indicating a diminutive form of something

   bootee

ee

³

/ iː /

noun

1. a Scot word for eye 1

ee

⁴

abbreviation

1. Estonia

e.e.

⁵

abbreviation

1. errors excepted

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

Despite EE's content restrictions not applying to content viewed using wi-fi, the firm believes its new plans still provide teen smartphone users and parents with more protections.

From BBC

EE's three tiers offer different levels of protections depending on the age of the user, with its "protected" plan for pre-teens having "strict" controls while its "guided" and "trusted" plans for older teens having "moderate" controls for web access.

From BBC

"As the UK's best network for families, we understand that while smartphones offer many benefits to people, there are also very real risks and challenges, especially for young people," said Claire Gillies, head of the consumer division of BT, which owns EE.

From BBC

EE ambassador and TV presenter Konnie Huq said at a launch event for the new plans she felt "like her mum in the old days" - who she recalled struggling to work the family's TV remote controls.

From BBC

Technology analyst Paolo Pescatore told the BBC that EE's plans are "a huge step in the right direction" but implementation of such controls "is no easy feat".

From BBC

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 ée (feminine), which are used to designate past participles, much like how -ed is used in English. The suffixes -é and ée come from Latin -ātus (masculine) and -āta (feminine), of the same meaning.