me

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me / / • pron. [first person sing.] 1. used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition: do you understand me? wait for me! Compare with I2 . ∎  used after the verb “to be” and after “than” or “as”: hi, it's me you have more than me. ∎ inf. to or for myself: I've got me a job.2. inf. used in exclamations: dear me! silly me!PHRASES: me and mine / ˈmē ən ˈmīn/ my relatives.

ME

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ME British vehicle registration for London NE
• US postcode for Maine
• managing editor
• marine engineer(ing)
• (USA) marriage encounter
• Master of Education
• Master of Engineering
• mechanical engineer(ing)
• (USA) Medical Examiner
• postcode for Medway
• Med. metabolizable energy
• Methodist Episcopal
Middle East(ern)
• airline flight code for Middle East Airlines
• Middle English
• military engineer
• mining engineer(ing)
• British fishing port registration for Montrose
• Physics Mössbauer effect
• Most Excellent (in titles)
• mottled edges (of book pages)
• Med. myalgic encephalomyelitis

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me1 obj. form of I. OE. mḗ (i) acc., corr. to OS. , (Du. mij) and further to L. , Gr. me, emé, OIr. , W. mi, Skr. ; OE. had also mec, corr. to OS. mik, OHG. mih (G. mich), ON., Goth. mik :- IE. *mege (Gr. emége), in which a limiting particle *ge (Gr. ge at least) is added; (ii) dative, corr. to OS. (Du. mij), (O)HG. mir, ON. mér, Goth. mis. See MINE1, MY.

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ME (abbreviation for myalgic encephalomyelitis) Condition defined as extreme fatigue that persists for six months or more. Also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral fatigue syndrome, it may be accompanied by other non-specific symptoms, such as fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, dizziness, and mood changes. Often occurring after a virus infection, it ranges in severity from chronic weariness to total physical collapse. The cause of the condition is unknown.

ME

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ME • abbr. ∎  Maine (in official postal use). ∎  medical examiner. ∎  Middle English. ∎  myalgic encephalitis.

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me (mi). The 3rd degree of the major scale, according to the system of vocal syllables derived from Guido d'Arezzo (see hexachord), and so used (spelt me) in tonic sol-fa, in which it is also the 5th degree of the minor scale. In many countries, however, the name has become attached (on ‘fixed-doh’ principles) to the note E, in whatever key it may occur.

Me

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Me • abbr. ∎  Maine. ∎  Maître (title of a French advocate).

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ME. dite(e) — OF. dité composition, treatise :- L. dictātum, sb. use of n. pp. of dictāre express in language, compose (see DICTATE).

ME

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ME n. myalgic encephalomyelitis. See CFS/ME/PVF.

me

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me2 see MI.

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