me
pronoun
the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object.
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me
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[mee]
/ mi /
pronoun
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the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object.
They asked me to the party. Give me your hand.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun I in the predicate after the verbto be ).
It's me.
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Informal. (used instead of the pronoun my before a gerund).
Did you hear about me getting promoted?
adjective
Me
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American
abbreviation
Chemistry.
ME
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American
Me.
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American
abbreviation
M.E.
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abbreviation
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(often lowercase) managing editor.
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Master of Education.
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Master of Engineering.
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Mechanical Engineer.
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Methodist Episcopal.
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Mining Engineer.
ME
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British
abbreviation
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Maine
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Marine Engineer
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Mechanical Engineer
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Methodist Episcopal
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Mining Engineer
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Middle English
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(in titles) Most Excellent
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myalgic encephalopathy
me
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British
/ miː, mɪ /
pronoun
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refers to the speaker or writer
that shocks me
he gave me the glass
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(when used an an indirect object) a dialect word for myself
I want to get me a car
noun
Me
3
British
symbol
Me.
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British
abbreviation
me
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/ miː /
noun
me
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abbreviation
me
Idioms
Grammar
A traditional rule governing the case of personal pronouns after forms of the verb to be is that the nominative or subjective form ( I; she; he; we; they ) must be chosen. Some 400 years ago, owing to the feeling that the postverb position in a sentence is object rather than subject territory, me and other objective pronouns ( him; her; us; them ) began to replace the subjective forms after be, so that It is I became It is me. Today such constructions— It's me. That's him. It must be them. —are almost universal in speech, the context in which they usually occur. In formal speech or edited writing, the subjective forms are used: It was I who first noticed the problem. My brother was the one who called our attention to the problem, but it wasn't he who solved it. It had been she at the window, not her husband. Me and other objective forms have also replaced the subjective forms in speech in constructions like Me neither; Not us; Who, them? and in comparisons after as or than: She's no faster than him at getting the answers. When the pronoun is the subject of a verb that is expressed, the nominative forms are used: Neither did I. She's no faster than he is at getting the answers. See also than. When a verb form ending in -ing functions as a noun, it is traditionally called a gerund: Walking is good exercise. She enjoys reading biographies. Usage guides have long insisted that gerunds, being nouns, must be preceded by the possessive form of the pronouns or nouns ( my; your; her; his; its; our; their; child's; author's ) rather than by the objective forms ( me; you; him; her; it; us; them ): The landlord objected to my (not me ) having guests late at night. Several readers were delighted at the author's (not author ) taking a stand on the issue. In standard practice, however, both objective and possessive forms appear before gerunds. Possessives are more common in formal edited writing, but the occurrence of objective forms is increasing; in informal writing and speech objective forms are more common: Many objections have been raised to the government (or government's ) allowing lumbering in national parks. “Does anyone object to me (or my ) reading this report aloud?” the moderator asked.
Etymology
Origin of me
First recorded before 900; Middle English me, Old English mē (dative and accusative singular); cognate with Dutch mij, Old High German mir; akin to Greek emé, Irish mé “I, me,” Latin mē, Russian menjá
Example Sentences
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“You have said that you would get rid of him before the Olympics. What worries me about that is, I don’t think you have any idea what it takes to identify a police chief.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Then, right around my 40th birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it's pretty hard to get them to stop," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"They really do go straight to surgery only for the earliest stage tumors, which makes me think this was a very early stage tumor, and has a quite good prognosis."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The hotel nicely let me use their Wi-Fi to download it, but even that didn’t work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Darkness still blankets me, but the glow on the horizon signals daybreak.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” singer has experienced broken ribs because of the spasms, she told Hoda Kotb on “Today” in 2024 while promoting the documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
He went solo in the early ’80s, releasing his debut, “Rock Me Tonight,” in 1985.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The TV presenter, who came fourth on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2020, has hosted a number of game shows, appeared in pantomimes and first appeared on EastEnders in 2002.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Me and my wife went out on a Sunday at a pub in Durham just a few weeks back, and this guy came up out the blue and asked, 'Are you Ian Chandler?'" he laughs.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Me and the gang were playing marbles in front of my house when Dot came storming up.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Opened to one of its more elaborate spreads, the original prop is both beautifully crafted and deeply unsettling, its seemingly innocent children’s-book mechanics revealing a grinning black figure and the ominous command: “LET ME IN.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
ME: Do you embody the Bryan Hearns woman as a designer?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
ME: Were you working with hardware then as well?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The cause of ME is unknown and there is no cure.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
ME: But I’m not just my genes, Dad.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
“Let me just explain: The person that’s in charge is here. Me. That’s the person that’s in charge,” she told reporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
Dr Brown said he was referring to the so-called special relationship between Britain and the US, rather than a personal bond, but President Bush's wife Barbara also signed, adding: "Me. Too."
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
At Emily’s lowest moment, her erratic best friend since childhood, Chess Chandler, reappears in her life with this irresistible proposition: “You. Me. Italy.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
“Oh, that’s easy. Me. I said it first,” Biden said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
“Because I wanted to. I wanted to. Me. And it’s my life.”
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
“While large islands are en vogue, don’t underestimate the beauty of a small galley or U-shaped kitchen,” Meghan Eisenberg, of Studio M.E., told Homes and Gardens.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Congress has allocated $1.15 billion to the National Institutes of Health for long covid research, and ME advocacy groups such as M.E.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
On TV, he had recurring roles on the soap operas "The Doctors" and "Falcon Crest" and guest spots on "Benson," "Charlie’s Angels," "Quincy, M.E.,"
From Fox News ● Aug. 4, 2021
“I can see nothing good that can come out of forming St. George,” said M.E.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
The stearine or stearic acid industry originated in the discovery made by M.E.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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