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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ee, suffix. - -ee is attached to verbs that take an object to form nouns with the meaning "the person who is the object of the action of the verb'':address + -ee → addressee (= the person whom someone else addresses).
- -ee is attached to verbs that do not take an object to form nouns with the meaning "the one doing or performing the act of the verb'':escape + -ee → escapee (= one performing the act of escaping).
- -ee is attached to other words to form nouns with the meaning "the one who is or does'':absent + -ee → absentee (= one who is absent).
E.E., an abbreviation of: - electrical engineer.
- electrical engineering.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-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).
- Latin -ātus, -āta -ate1
- French -é, (masculine), -ée (feminine), past participle endings
- Clothinga proportional shoe width size narrower than EEE and wider than E.
E.E., - ArchitectureEarly English.
- electrical engineer.
- electrical engineering.
e.e., - errors excepted.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -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 condition: absentee, employee
- indicating a diminutive form of something: bootee
Etymology: via Old French -e, -ee, past participial endings, from Latin -ātus, -āta -ate1 |