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a proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.

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Other definitions for EE (2 of 4)

-ee

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

<French -é, (masculine), -ée (feminine), past participle endings <Latin -ātus, -āta-ate¹

Other definitions for EE (3 of 4)

e.e.

abbreviation

errors excepted.

Other definitions for EE (4 of 4)

E.E.

abbreviation

Early English.

electrical engineer.

electrical engineering.

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How to use EE in a sentence

The difference is that they are conjunct, whereas in the primitive standard octave (e—e) the tetrachords are disjunct (e-a b-e).
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
For if a is kept as the key-note, the octave a-a with one ♭ is the so-called Dorian (e-e on the white notes).
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Mudgee and monaudud, may reciprocally change genders, the first by the addition of i-e-e, and the second by altering ud to izzi.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
The other tympanum, T', reproduces the sounds; and E E is a branched ear-piece, conveying them to the two ears of the listener.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro

Tad uttered a long drawn "Hoo-o-o-o-e-e-e," which brought Jim Coville to the door of his cabin.
The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge|Frank Gee Patchin

British Dictionary definitions for EE (1 of 5)

ee¹

/ (iː) /

noun plural een (iːn)

a Scot word for eye 1

British Dictionary definitions for EE (2 of 5)

ee²

the internet domain name for

Estonia

British Dictionary definitions for EE (3 of 5)

abbreviation for

Early English

electrical engineer(ing)

(in New Zealand) ewe equivalent

British Dictionary definitions for EE (4 of 5)

-ee

suffix forming nouns

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 conditionabsentee; employee

indicating a diminutive form of somethingbootee

Word Origin for -ee

via Old French -e, -ee, past participial endings, from Latin -ātus, -āta -ate 1

British Dictionary definitions for EE (5 of 5)

e.e.

abbreviation for

errors excepted

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