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né
néadjectiveformerly known as (used following the person’s current or recognized name to introduce a previous, usually masculine, name).
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Ne
Neneon.
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NE
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ne-variant of neo- especially before a vowel.
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n.e.
n.e.abbreviationnortheast.
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N.E.
N.E.abbreviationnaval engineer.
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neabbreviationNiger
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1 Americanadjective
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Nebraska (approved especially for use with zip code).
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northeast.
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northeastern.
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Biology, Ecology. not evaluated.
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northeast.
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northeastern.
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See née.
Etymology
Origin of né
First recorded in 1935–40; from French né, literally “born,” past participle of naître “to be born,” ultimately derived from Latin nātus; see origin at nascent ( def. )
Example Sentences
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And even though X, né Twitter, has decayed under the leadership of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, it’s is still the closest thing our fractious online society has to a town square.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Meta, né Facebook, is out to create its own metaverse.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2022
The Pistols’ frontman, Johnny Rotten, né John Lydon, was and is an Arsenal fan.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2017
Gil Faizon — né Gil Cosby — is an unlicensed doula who wears Velcro sneakers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2016
It is entitled "Ballade à mon premier né," and is addressed to her child, apparently in the absence of its father.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
“Wukong and Ne Zha are global hits,” he said in his New Year’s address.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Fantasy adventure film Ne Zha 2 is still comfortably ahead, having made most of its $2.2bn takings in China.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Aung San's wartime comrade Ne Win, who had taken the helm of the armed forces after the leader's assassination in murky circumstances, swooped in in a putsch he justified as protection against Myanmar's disintegration.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
Chinese animated fantasy "Ne Zha II" is the highest-grossing film of 2025 and Netflix's most-watched movie ever is the animated "KPop Demon Hunters".
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
"But keep my counsayl, Syr Cauline, Ne let no man it knowe; For, and ever my father sholde it ken,180 I wot he wolde us sloe."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Omaha, NE — Dan Osborn, a mechanic by trade, has been rebuilding a 1988 Pontiac Firebird in his garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
Dozens of kids walked to Parkrose high and middle schools each day along NE 122nd Avenue and Sandy Boulevard.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
The Atlanta Police Department said officers responded to an address on Peachtree Road NE in the city’s Buckhead district around 6:25 p.m.,
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
Reina Cartagena, who owns Adelita's Cafe on NE 2nd Ave, one of Little Haiti's main roads, says her rent has doubled in less than a year.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023
NE and was glad someone had let us in on that secret.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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They have all the basic needs and urgings of other kids, but lack the perception and skills of others because they've been ne- glected.
From Time Magazine Archive
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These thynges maie be suffi- ciente, to shewe what excellencie is in mariage and how ne- cessarie it is, to the procreacion and preseruaciō of mankind.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
I haue cho- sen out in these Oracions soche questions, as are right ne- cessarie to be knowen and redde of all those, whose cogitaciō pondereth vertue and Godlines.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
I have heard much of the ne- "farious & dangerous plan, & doctrines "of the Illuminati, but never saw the "Book until you were pleased to send "it to me.
From Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress by Washington, George
"The first one," said Fred interested now in what Grant was saying, "was '½ m. n.e.'"
From The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
Alsobrook has investigated many other RPPCs, including those whose subjects still stand, such as a 1909 image of a Ravenna home at 5643 Brooklyn Ave. N.E.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The company soon will occupy a new 17-story, 300,000-square-foot tower at 85 106th Ave N.E., spokesperson Zach Goldsztejn said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Last September, Amazon opened its “Sonic” tower at 555 108th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
The meal will be served out of the chapel’s garage, which is located in the alley behind the building at 4130 University Way N.E.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
It is in a range of mountains rising generally two or three thousand feet above the sea; but at the N.E. end of the range are some, at least four thousand feet high.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
Influencers and brands are attempting to cash in by bottling and selling Carolyn’s unreplicable je ne sais quoi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
But skating to a version of "Non, je ne regrette rien" Sakamoto lost points for not doing her planned triple combination jump.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Her final performance here was to Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf, and Sakamoto must have no regrets about a performance in which all 12 elements were given positive grades of execution.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
On one visit, the Ghanaian snack kosua ne meko — soft-boiled eggs topped with a Scotch bonnet pepper relish — was fairly incendiary, with a warning scent wafting through the air.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
I’ll ne feeling and thinking that they didn’t see me and I didn’t see them.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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