e
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Enounthe fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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e-variant of ex- occurring in words of Latin origin before consonants other than c, f, p, q, s, and t: .
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e.abbreviationeldest.
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E.abbreviationEarl.
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E-prefixused with numbers indicating a standardized system within the European Union, as of recognized food additives or standard pack sizes See also E number
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Symbol.
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Mathematics. a transcendental constant equal to 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms; the limit of the expression (1+1/n ) n as n approaches infinity.
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Logic. universal negative.
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the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter E or e, as in met, meet, mere, etc.
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something having the shape of an E .
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a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter E or e.
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Symbol.
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the fifth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work is in need of improvement in order to be passing.
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Music.
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the third tone in the scale of C major or the fifth tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the third tone of the scale of C major, called mi.
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the tonality having E as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 250.
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Physics, Electricity.
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electric field strength.
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Physics. energy.
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Biochemistry. glutamic acid.
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Logic. universal negative.
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a proportional shoe width size narrower than EE and wider than D.
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electric.
e-bike.
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electronic.
e-book;
e-cigarette.
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on the internet; online.
e-content;
e-commerce.
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involving electronic data transfer, especially over the internet.
e-banking.
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eldest.
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Football. end.
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engineer.
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engineering.
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entrance.
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Baseball. error; errors.
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Earl.
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Earth.
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east.
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Easter.
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eastern.
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engineer.
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engineering.
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English.
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maths a transcendental number, fundamental to mathematics, that is the limit of (1 + 1 /n ) n as n increases to infinity: used as the base of natural logarithms. Approximate value: 2.718 282…; relation to π: e πi = –1, where i = √–1
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electron
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chess See algebraic notation
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out
eviscerate
egest
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away
elapse
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outside
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completely
evaporate
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without
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the fifth letter and second vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in he, bet, or below
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earth
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Egypt(ian)
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music
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a note having a frequency of 329.63 hertz ( E above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the third note of the scale of C major
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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physics
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energy
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electric field strength
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electromotive force
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Young's modulus (of elasticity)
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logic a universal negative categorical proposition, such as no pigs can fly: often symbolized as SeP Compare A I 2 O 1
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a person without a regular income, or who is dependent on the state on a long-term basis because of unemployment, sickness, old age, etc
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( as modifier ) See also occupation groupings
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Spain (international car registration)
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informal the drug ecstasy
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Etymology
Origin of e-
First recorded in 1985–90; shortening of electronic ( def. )
Example Sentences
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David is the frontman of the Italian rock band Måneskin, which formed in Rome in 2016 and won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021 with their song “Zitti e Buoni.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The notion that the nation-state is outdated, and could therefore be replaced with blockchain technology, is one of the reasons h e decided to run to become Liberland's prime minister.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The new findings, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research -- Solid Earth, were developed in collaboration with Anna Rosa Corsaro of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Catania.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Aswath Damodaran, the New York University finance professor e nickname the “dean of valuation,” had estimated, before getting a look at the prospectus, that SpaceX was worth $1.2 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Tree whole day e saw d'night Den it true went away.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Perhaps the most striking is the story of Compound E, an adrenal hormone isolated by the Mayo Clinic biochemist Edward Kendall in 1935 and later synthesized with great difficulty by Tishler and other Merck chemists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He wrote 22 books, countless liner notes, and hosted three radio shows on Sirius XM: “Live from E Street Nation,” “Live from the Land of Hopes and Dreams,” and “Kick Out The Jams.”
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Given that the fest is steps from the E Line, and in the middle of Santa Monica’s world-class bike infrastructure, there will be no dedicated on-site parking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She had missed E so badly since she moved.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
So, for instance, the prefix er- denotes an external body part, whereas e- denotes an internal one.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2020
Brune said it felt like the real thing: “Even though it was all e- and technology, we still had plenty of times to accuse each other of cheating like we usually do.”
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2020
Executives hope it will prove to be a not-so-secret weapon against competitors Alibaba and Amazon, which are also racing to develop the next generation of e- commerce super machines.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2018
Meanwhile, e- has taken over as the prefix for those things in the digital world which are less malign - depending, that is, on your feelings about email.
From BBC ● May 19, 2017
“It plays DVDs,” he said, “and if I had an e- mail account, I could check it on this, too.”
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
"We're looking for two different types of bacteria, e. coli and intestinal enterococci," says Jonathan Porter, a microbiologist at the Environment Agency.
From BBC ● May 12, 2024
The diagnosis was based on established assessments that included e. g. memory and language tasks.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
And a lot of people, not just the Gilbreths, were very worried that the “best women” i. e. highly educated women were not reproducing.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023
"Kangaroo meat is known to be contaminated on occasion with Salmonella spp, high levels of e. coli, Toxoplasmosis, and Listeria, and Coxiella," Ben-Ami told Salon by email.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
I did call Mary Elizabeth, and I told her that I’d been listening to the record every night and reading the e. e. cummings book.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
Fellow big screen charmer Richard E. Grant, 69, who starred in films such as Withnail and I, may also leave some of the less well-known celebrities star-struck at first, as might American-British supermodel/actress Jerry Hall.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
A sandbag distribution site at a parking lot located at 5400 E. Ocean Blvd. will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning Friday and lasting through the weather event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Coyote vs Acme" took fifth place, with Will Forte and an animated Wile E. Coyote snaring another $5.6 million for Falling Forward Films.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
For decades, cartoon canine Wile E. Coyote has been pursuing the Road Runner throughout the American Southwest, aiming to eat him and getting blown up in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
A book of poems by E. E. Cummings.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
The agreements cover roughly 800 workers at the InterContinental, Hotel Indigo and E- Central in downtown L.A. — and the Sheraton Gateway LAX.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
"We had narrowed down the selections to a bunch of E- names, but we couldn't ultimately decide," says Conley, who lives in New York.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2014
Suppose the null hypothesis, H0, is: the sample does not contain E- coli.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 19, 2013
The ballroom-dance competition reality show will have glitter, spandex, spray tans and Drama with a capital D as the show’s professional dancers whip a crop of E- and F- List stars into semi-professional samba dancers.
From Time ● May 16, 2013
Electronic mail, E- Mail that has saved taxpayers millions, will be unavailable for communications until October at a minimum.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
Heliodoro Moreno, E’s attorney, said the California Attorney General’s Office confirmed to him in February that it was investigating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
As visitors enter and lie down, these mobiles spin slowly, catching light and casting morphing shadows of cursive E’s and wishbones.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Seetoo told The Times on Tuesday that she believes the “three E’s, and that is enforcement, education and engineering,” are needed to make the highway safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Ms Letby in her evidence denied having this interaction and said no blood was sighted in Child E's mouth before 22:00 that night.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2023
I choose three more tiles from the bag to replace the R and two E’s I just used and arrange them on my tile stand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Her face was covered in tears after she performed “Ese Hombre Es Malo” backed by female mariachi players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
About 60% of the U.S. population report a preference for introversion, according to Myers-Briggs Co., the company known for a personality-assessment test that begins by separating the Is from the Es.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
His latest project, “Mi Suerte Es Ser Mexicano,” is nominated for ranchero/mariachi album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
"The idea is to allow people to instantly seek help to navigate relationships because not everyone can talk to friends or family for fear of judgment," says New York-based founder Es Lee.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
“Ah, si. Es muy buena gente,” Mama said, finally recalling who he was.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
My mother wound up spelling it with two e’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Morgan Stanley highlighted Ford Energy as a key driver for Model e’s profitability, potentially boosting investor interest.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
They need three rules just to handle the e’s in eleven.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2023
“Make the bracelet you really want to make first before you run out of letters. As you run out of letters, make lists of songs that don’t have e’s in them,” Ragland advised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
No mistaking her u's for n’s or her is for e's.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
Ambient audio in Walker’s footage captures someone saying: “Este es el acceso de colaboradores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A Russia-Tanzania Business Council was created in January and last month Air Tanzania announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Moscow by the end of the year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
In recent years, the company acquired terminals in Haifa, Israel; Tanzania’s Port of Dar es Salaam; Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo; and a coal-export hub in North Queensland, Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
We passed through the border without a problem and arrived in Lobatse in the late afternoon, where there was a telegram for me from Dar es Salaam postponing my trip for a fortnight.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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