ae
1 Americanadjective
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abbreviation
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012determiner
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012abbreviation
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of ae1
Middle English ( Scots ) ā-, Old English ān one; a 1
Origin of ae.6
From the Latin word aetātis
Example Sentences
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Between the click of my Canon AE-1 and the day my photos are sent back from the film lab, I’m giddy like it’s Christmas Eve.
But it was the smartly-dressed girl standing just behind him as he exited his armoured train which caught Korea watchers' attention: Kim Ju Ae, the North Korean leader's daughter.
From BBC
Kim Ju Ae is their only child whose existence has been confirmed by the country's leadership.
From BBC
News of her existence first emerged through an unlikely source: the basketball player Dennis Rodman, who revealed to The Guardian newspaper back in 2013 that he "held their baby Ju Ae" during a trip to the secretive state.
From BBC
"We'll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way."
From BBC
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