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EE

Definitions: EE

EE

Noun

1. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "EE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)



Specialty Definitions: EE

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Ee The country code for Estonia. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: EE

 

 

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

EE

DanishRepublikken EstlandGeography

EE

DutchRepubliek EstlandGeography

EE

EnglishEther extractN/A

EE

FinnishViroGeography

EE

FrenchéthinyloestradiolChemistry

EE

GermanEthinylestradiolChemistry

EE

GreekΕσθονίαGeography

EE

ItalianRepubblica d'EstoniaN/A

EE

PortugueseEstóniaGeography

EE

SpanishEtinilestradiolChemistry

EE

SwedishRepubliken EstlandGeography
EE UUSpanishEstados UnidosPolitics & International Affaires
EE3EnglishSTC No 3 of ETSI/TC EEN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: EE

Synonym: electrical engineering (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: EE

English words defined with "EE": AeSpenserian sonnet. (references)
Specialty definitions using "EE": Algorithmic Processor Description Languagenozzle-expansion area ratio. (references)
Etymologies containing "EE": Darnel. (references)
Non-English Usage: "EE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (whoa), Luxembourgish (a, one, somebody), Manx (depletion, devour, dispose; consumption, eating, erode, feed, her, it; eat, kill off, she), Somali (of, that is, which), Tswana (yes).

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Modern Usage: EE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Ee Bhargavi Nilayam (2002)

Ivide Ee Theerathu (1985)

Ee Lokam Ivide Kure Manushyar (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: EE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ee (Alphabet Set I) (reference)

  • Ee (Long Vowels) (reference)

  • Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for El Paso Electric Company - EE [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: EE

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Addiss DG, Davis JP, Roberts JM, Mast EE. Epidemiology of giardiasis in Wisconsin. (references)

Patients with hemoglobinopathies of questionable or minimal significance (e.g., CC, EE) can be followed in a sickle cell setting at the option of the patient or the provider. (references)

Trade

Netherlands

Such requests should be sent to: Ministry of Finance, Director of Customs, P.O. Box 20201, 2500 EE The Hague. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: EE

"EE" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 85.97% of the time. "EE" is used about 505 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Unclassified Items85.97%43513,223
Interjection14.03%7139,674
                    Total100.00%505N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: EE

The following table summarizes the usage of "EE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
EeLast name10085,563
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: EE

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "EE": ee-aw, ee-aye-ee-aye-oh.

Ending with "EE": oo-ee, squeez-ee.

Containing "EE": ag-ee-ma, de-ee-o, de-ee-ooo, Jon-ee-than, kitt-ee-wayke, Mar-ee-a.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ee cummings

586

ee

465

ee bond

182

ee savings bond

113

ee times

55

commerce.com ee

29

ee cummings poem

21

ee cummings poetry

21

series ee

21

ee robbins

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EE

Language Translations for "ee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

eeay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: EE

Derivations

Words beginning with "EE": eel, eelgrass, eelgrasses, eelier, eeliest, eellike, eelpout, eelpouts, eels, eelworm, eelworms, eely, eerie, eerier, eeriest, eerily, eeriness, eerinesses, eery. (additional references)

Words ending with "EE": abductee, absentee, acceptee, ackee, addressee, adoptee, advisee, agee, aglee, agree, ajee, akee, alee, alienee, allee, allottee, amputee, apogee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, arrestee, assignee, attendee, awardee, awee, axletree, bailee, banshee, bargee, baubee, bawbee, bee, beebee, bendee, bidarkee, biographee, bootee, botonee, botonnee, bouchee, bourree, bourtree, bree, bribee, buckshee, bumblebee, bungee, burgee, calipee, callipee, camporee, carefree, cee, chickadee, chickaree, chickee, chimpanzee, chincherinchee, chivaree, chutnee, cicoree, coatee, coffee, colessee, committee, communicatee, conferee, congee, conominee, consignee, contactee, cooee, corroboree, corvee, coryphee, cotrustee, coulee, counselee, covenantee, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, dee, degree, delegatee, departee, deportee, designee, detainee, devisee, devotee, disagree, dischargee, distributee, divorcee, donee, donnee, doolee, draftee, dragee, drawee, dree, dungaree, electee, emcee, employee, endorsee, enlistee, ennuyee, enrollee, enshrinee, entree, epee, epopee, escapee, etouffee, etwee, evacuee, evictee, examinee, expellee, fedayee, fee, feoffee, fiancee, filagree, filaree, filigree, fitchee, flambee, flee, foresee, formee, fourchee, franchisee, free, freebee, fricassee, frisbee, frisee, fusee, fuzee, galilee, garnishee, gee, gelee, germfree, ghee, glee, goatee, gobonee, grandee, grantee, gratinee, gree, greegree, guarantee, gumtree, hackee, hadjee, honeybee, honoree, humvee, imphee, indictee, indorsee, inductee, internee, interrogatee, interrogee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, jaygee, jayvee, jee, jinnee, jubilee, kedgeree, kidnapee, kidnappee, killdee, kimchee, knee, kokanee, laree, laryngectomee, lee, legatee, lessee, levee, libelee, libellee, licencee, licensee, lichee, listee, lungee, lycee, lychee, machree, maharanee, mallee, mammee, manatee, marquee, matinee, melee, mestee, millidegree, mortgagee, muggee, murderee, mustee, nee, negligee, ngwee, nominee, nondegree, nonemployee, obligee, ogee, optionee, outsee, overfree, oversee, pardee, parolee, passee, patentee, pattee, pawnee, payee, pedigree, pee, peewee, pensee, peppertree, perigee, permittee, persecutee, pewee, pharisee, picotee, pledgee, pollee, pommee, pongee, pree, presentee, prithee, promisee, protegee, prythee, pugaree, puggaree, puggree, pugree, puree, puttee, ragee, raggee, rakee, ramee, ranee, rapparee, rappee, ratafee, razee, ree, referee, refugee, rejectee, relocatee, repartee, resee, retiree, returnee, rooftree, rupee, rushee, saddletree, salvagee, sangaree, saree, scree, see, selectee, settee, shikaree, shivaree, shoetree, sickee, sightsee, signee, singletree, siree, sirree, skee, snickersnee, soignee, soiree, spahee, spondee, spree, squeegee, squilgee, standee, stingaree, subcommittee, suttee, swingletree, sycee, tee, teepee, tepee, testee, thee, three, thuggee, tirrivee, toffee, topee, toupee, towhee, townee, trainee, transferee, transportee, tree, trochee, trustee, tullibee, tutee, twee, tyee, undee, unfree, vaccinee, vee, veepee, vendee, vestee, vouchee, warrantee, wee, weewee, whangee, whee, whiffletree, whippletree, whoopee, yippee, yogee, zee. (additional references)

Words containing "EE": abductees, absenteeism, absenteeisms, absentees, acceptees, ackees, addressees, adeem, adeemed, adeeming, adeems, adoptees, advisees, afreet, afreets, agreeabilities, agreeability, agreeable, agreeableness, agreeablenesses, agreeably, agreed, agreeing, agreement, agreements, agrees, agueweed, agueweeds, airspeed, airspeeds, akees, alienees, allees, allottees, allseed, allseeds, ambeer, ambeers, ameer, ameerate, ameerates, ameers, amputees, amreeta, amreetas, aniseed, aniseeds, anteed, antifreeze, antifreezes, antiprofiteering, antiracketeering, antisleep, antiweed, apeek, apogees, appellees, appointees, appraisees, arrestees, asleep, assignees, attendees, atween, auctioneer, auctioneers, awardees, axletrees, axseed, axseeds, backstreet, backstreets, bailees, baksheesh, baksheeshes, baleen, baleens, balladeer, balladeers, bandoleer, bandoleers, banshees, bargees, barkeep, barkeeper, barkeepers, barkeeps, baubees, bawbees, bayadeer, bayadeers, bebeeru, bebeerus, bedsheet, bedsheets, beebees, beebread, beebreads, beech, beechdrops, beechen, beeches, beechier, beechiest, beechnut, beechnuts, beechy, beef, beefalo, beefaloes, beefalos, beefcake, beefcakes, beefeater, beefeaters, beefed, beefier, beefiest, beefily, beefing, beefless, beefs, beefsteak, beefsteaks, beefwood, beefwoods, beefy, beehive, beehives, beekeeper, beekeepers, beekeeping, beekeepings, beelike, beeline, beelined, beelines, beelining, been, beep, beeped, beeper, beepers, beeping, beeps, beer, beerier, beeriest, beers, beery, bees, beestings, beeswax, beeswaxes, beeswing, beeswings, beet, beetle, beetled, beetler, beetlers, beetles, beetling, beetroot, beetroots, beets, beeves, beeyard, beeyards, beezer, beezers, beggarweed, beggarweeds, bejeezus, belleek, belleeks, bendees, berseem, berseems, bescreen, bescreened, bescreening, bescreens, beseech, beseeched, beseeches, beseeching, beseechingly, beseem, beseemed, beseeming, beseems, between, betweenbrain, betweenbrains, betweenness, betweennesses, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, beweep, beweeping, beweeps, bheestie, bheesties, bheesty, bidarkees, bigfeet, bindweed, bindweeds, bioengineer, bioengineered, bioengineering, bioengineerings, bioengineers, biofeedback, biofeedbacks, biographees, birdseed, birdseeds, bittersweet, bittersweetly, bittersweetness, bittersweetnesses, bittersweets, bitterweed, bitterweeds, biweeklies, biweekly, bleed, bleeder, bleeders, bleeding, bleedings, bleeds, bleep, bleeped, bleeping, bleeps, blueweed, blueweeds, bookkeeper, bookkeepers, bookkeeping, bookkeepings, bootees, bopeep, bopeeps, boreen, boreens, bouchees, bourrees, bourtrees, breech, breechblock, breechblocks, breechcloth, breechcloths, breechclout, breechclouts, breeched, breeches, breeching, breechings, breechloader, breechloaders, breed, breeder, breeders, breeding, breedings, breeds, breeks, brees, breeze, breezed, breezeless, breezes, breezeway, breezeways, breezier, breeziest, breezily, breeziness, breezinesses, breezing, breezy, bribees, broadsheet, broadsheets, buccaneer, buccaneered, buccaneering, buccaneerish, buccaneers, buckeen, buckeens, buckshees, buckteeth, budgeteer, budgeteers, bugleweed, bugleweeds, bugseed, bugseeds, bullweed, bullweeds, bumblebees, bungees, burgees, burseed, burseeds, burweed, burweeds, butterweed, butterweeds, bystreet, bystreets, calipees, callipees, cameleer, cameleers, camporees, cannoneer, cannoneers, canteen, canteens, carabineer, carabineers, carageen, carageens, careen, careened, careener, careeners, careening, careens, career, careered, careerer, careerers, careering, careerism, careerisms, careerist, careerists, careers, carpetweed, carpetweeds, carrageen, carrageenan, carrageenans, carrageenin, carrageenins, carrageens, carragheen, carragheens, cartwheel, cartwheeled, cartwheeler, cartwheelers, cartwheeling, cartwheels, cees, chainwheel, chainwheels, chanticleer, chanticleers, charioteer, charioteers, cheechako, cheechakos, cheek, cheekbone, cheekbones, cheeked, cheekful, cheekfuls, cheekier, cheekiest, cheekily, cheekiness, cheekinesses, cheeking, cheeks, cheeky, cheep, cheeped, cheeper, cheepers, cheeping, cheeps, cheer, cheered, cheerer, cheerers, cheerful, cheerfuller, cheerfullest, cheerfully, cheerfulness, cheerfulnesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: EE

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "e-e"
 

+1 letter: bee, cee, dee, eel, eke, eme, ere, eve, ewe, eye, fee, gee, jee, lee, nee, pee, ree, see, tee, vee, wee, zee.

 

+2 letters: agee, ajee, akee, alee, awee, beef, been, beep, beer, bees, beet, bene, bree, cede, cees, cepe, cere, cete, deed, deem, deep, deer, dees, deet, deke, dele, deme, dene, dere, dree, ease, eave, eche, edge, eels, eely, eery, eger, eide, eked, ekes, else, emes, emeu, epee, erne, eses, even, ever, eves, ewer, ewes, exec, exes, eyed, eyen, eyer, eyes, eyne, eyre, feed, feel, fees, feet, feme, fere, fete, flee, free, geed, geek, gees, geez, gene, ghee, glee, gree, hebe, heed, heel, heme, here, jeed, jeep, jeer, jees, jeez, jefe, jete, keef, keek, keel, keen, keep, keet, knee, leek, leer, lees, leet, leke, meed, meek, meet, meme, mere, mete, meze, need, neem, neep, nene, neve, ogee, peed, peek, peel, peen, peep, peer, pees, peke, pele, pree, rede, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, rete, seed, seek, seel, seem, seen, seep, seer, sees, seme, sene, sere, skee, teed, teel, teem, teen, tees, tele, thee, tree, twee, tyee, veep, veer, vees, weed, week, weel, ween, weep, weer, wees, weet, were, whee, zees.

 

+3 letters: abele, ackee, adeem, aedes, aerie, agene, aglee, agree, akees, akene, allee, ameer, anele, apeek, areae, arete, bedel, bedew, beech, beefs, beefy, beeps, beers, beery, beets, beget, beige, belie, belle, benes, benne, beret, berme, beset, betel, bevel, bezel, bleed, bleep, brede, breed, brees, breve, cease, ceded, ceder, cedes, celeb, cense, cepes, cered, ceres, cetes, cheek, cheep, cheer, cleek, clepe, cooee, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, deave, debye, deeds, deedy, deems, deeps, deers, deets, defer, deice, deked, dekes, deled, deles, delve, demes, denes, dense, desex, deter, deuce, devel, dewed, dexes, dexie, diene, donee, dreed, drees, dweeb, eager, eagle, eagre, eared, eased, easel, eases, eaten, eater, eaved, eaves, ebbed, ebbet, eched, eches, edema, edged, edger, edges, edile, educe, eerie, egers, egest, egged, egger, egret, eider, eject, elate, elder, elect, elegy, elemi, elide, elite, elope, elude, elute, elver, elves, embed, ember, emcee, emeer, emend, emery, emeus, emmer, emmet, emote, emyde, enate, ended, ender, endue, enema, enemy, ensue, enter, enure, epees, epode, erase, erect, ernes, erode, erose, erred, erses, esker, esses, ester, etape, ether, etude, etwee, evade, evens, event, evert, every, evite, evoke, ewers, excel, execs, exert, exile, exine, expel, exude, eyers, eyres, eyrie, fease, feaze, feces, feeds, feels, feeze, femes, femme, fence, feres, fesse, feted, fetes, feued, fever, fewer, feyer, fezes, fleer, flees, fleet, freed, freer, frees, frere, fusee, fuzee, geeks, geeky, geese, geest, gelee, genes, genet, genie, genre, geode, geste, ghees, glebe, glede, gleed, gleek, glees, gleet, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, heave, hebes, heder, hedge, heeds, heels, heeze, helve, hemes, hence, heres, hewed, hewer, hexed, hexer, hexes, jebel, jeeps, jeers, jefes, jesse, jetes, jewed, jewel, kedge, keefs, keeks, keels, keens, keeps, keets, keeve, kelep, kerne, kevel, kexes, keyed, kneed, kneel, knees, kreep, laree, lease, leave, leben, ledge, leech, leeks, leers, leery, leets, leger, leges, lenes, lense, leone, leper, lethe, levee, level, lever, lexes, liege, lieve, lycee, meeds, meets, melee, memes, mense, merde, merer, meres, merge, merle, mesne, meted, meter, metes, metre, mewed, mezes, needs, needy, neems, neeps, nenes, nerve, neume, never, neves, newel, newer, newie, ngwee, niece, nieve, obese, ogees, oxeye, payee, peace, peage, pease, pedes, peeks, peels, peens, peeps, peers, peery, peeve, peise, pekes, pekoe, peles, pence, penes, penne, perea, perse, peter, pewee, piece, plebe, preed, preen, prees, prese, puree, queen, queer, queue, ragee, rakee, ramee, ranee, razee, reave, rebbe, rebec, rebel, recce, reded, redes, redye, reeds, reedy, reefs, reefy, reeks, reeky, reels, reest, reeve, refed, refel, refer, reges, rehem, reive, rekey, relet, remet, remex, renew, rente, repeg, repel, resee, reset, resew, retem, retie, reuse, revel, revet, revue, rewed, rewet, rexes, rupee, saree, scene, scree, seder, sedge, seeds, seedy, seeks, seels, seely, seems, seeps, seepy, seers, segue, seine, seise, seize, selle, semen, semes, sense, sente, sered, serer, seres, serge, serve, setae, seven, sever, sewed, sewer, sexed, sexes, sheen, sheep, sheer, sheet, siege, sieve, siree, skeed, skeen, skees, skeet, skene, sleek, sleep, sleet, smeek, sneer, speed, speel, speer, spree, steed, steek, steel, steep, steer, stele, stere, suede, swede, sweep, sweer, sweet, sycee, tease, teels, teems, teens, teeny, teeth, telae, teles, telex, tenet, tenge, tense, tepee, terce, terne, terse, tewed, thebe, theme, there, these, three, topee, treed, treen, trees, tutee, tweed, tween, tweet, tyees, undee, veena, veeps, veers, veery, vegie, venae, venge, venue, verge, verse, verve, vexed, vexer, vexes, weave, weber, wedel, wedge, weeds, weedy, weeks, weens, weeny, weeps, weepy, weest, weets, wheel, wheen, wheep, where, xebec, yente, yeses, yogee, zebec, zoeae.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3939

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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