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Definitions: REE |
REENoun1. See Rei. Transitive verb1. To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. |
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Agriculture | Research, education and economics (a mission area within USDA). (references) |
Literature | Ree Right. Thus teamers say to a leading horse, "Ree!" when they want it to turn to the right, and "Hey!" for the contrary direction. (Saxon, reht; German, recht; Latin, rectus; various English dialects, reet, whence reetle, "to put to rights.") "Who with a hey and res the beasts command." Micro-Cynicon (1599). Riddle me, riddle me ree. Expound my riddle rightly. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
REE | English | Rare earth elements | N/A |
REE | French | Rapport d'évaluation de l'environnement | Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: REE |
| Non-English Usage: "REE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (roe), Dutch (roe), Esperanto (again, once more), Frisian (cash, finished, in cash, ready, through), Manx (king). |
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Business | Spain's major power generators, its electricity distribution companies, and the owner of the national grid, Red Electrica Española (REE), are increasingly concerned about their capacity to absorb the additional inputs of added wind farms. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "REE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 38.46% of the time. "REE" is used about 13 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "REE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ree | Last name | 300 | 24,286 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "REE": Ree Heights ♦ Se Ree. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "REE": chi-ree, mony-ay-ree, riddle-me-ree, saw-ree. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "REE": reearn, reearned, reearning, reearns, reechier, reechiest, reecho, reechoed, reechoes, reechoing, reechy, reed, reedbird, reedbirds, reedbuck, reedbucks, reeded, reedier, reediest, reedified, reedifies, reedify, reedifying, reedily, reediness, reedinesses, reeding, reedings, reedit, reedited, reediting, reedition, reeditions, reedits, reedlike, reedling, reedlings, reedman, reedmen, reeds, reeducate, reeducated, reeducates, reeducating, reeducation, reeducations, reeducative, reedy, reef, reefable, reefed, reefer, reefers, reefier, reefiest, reefing, reefs, reefy, reeject, reejected, reejecting, reejects, reek, reeked, reeker, reekers, reekier, reekiest, reeking, reeks, reeky, reel, reelable, reelect, reelected, reelecting, reelection, reelections, reelects, reeled, reeler, reelers, reeligibilities, reeligibility, reeligible, reeling, reels, reembark, reembarked, reembarking, reembarks, reembodied, reembodies, reembody, reembodying, reembroider, reembroidered, reembroidering, reembroiders, reemerge, reemerged, reemergence, reemergences, reemerges, reemerging, reemission, reemissions, reemit, reemits, reemitted, reemitting, reemphases, reemphasis, reemphasize, reemphasized, reemphasizes, reemphasizing, reemploy, reemployed, reemploying, reemployment, reemployments, reemploys, reenact, reenacted, reenacting, reenactment, reenactments, reenacts, reencounter, reencountered, reencountering, reencounters, reendow, reendowed, reendowing, reendows, reenergize, reenergized, reenergizes, reenergizing, reenforce, reenforced, reenforces, reenforcing, reengage, reengaged, reengagement, reengagements, reengages, reengaging, reengineer, reengineered, reengineering, reengineers, reengrave, reengraved, reengraves, reengraving, reenjoy, reenjoyed, reenjoying, reenjoys, reenlist, reenlisted, reenlisting, reenlistment, reenlistments, reenlists, reenroll, reenrolled, reenrolling, reenrolls, reenter, reentered, reentering, reenters, reenthrone, reenthroned, reenthrones, reenthroning, reentrance, reentrances, reentrant, reentrants, reentries, reentry, reequip, reequipment, reequipments, reequipped, reequipping, reequips, reerect, reerected, reerecting, reerects, rees, reescalate, reescalated, reescalates, reescalating, reescalation, reescalations, reest, reestablish, reestablished, reestablishes, reestablishing, reestablishment, reestablishments, reested, reestimate, reestimated, reestimates, reestimating, reesting, reests, reevaluate, reevaluated, reevaluates, reevaluating, reevaluation, reevaluations, reeve, reeved, reeves, reeving, reevoke, reevoked, reevokes, reevoking, reexamination, reexaminations, reexamine, reexamined, reexamines, reexamining, reexpel, reexpelled, reexpelling, reexpels, reexperience, reexperienced, reexperiences, reexperiencing, reexplore, reexplored, reexplores, reexploring, reexport, reexportation, reexportations, reexported, reexporting, reexports, reexpose, reexposed, reexposes, reexposing, reexposure, reexposures, reexpress, reexpressed, reexpresses, reexpressing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "REE": agree, axletree, bourree, bourtree, bree, camporee, carefree, chickaree, chivaree, cicoree, conferee, corroboree, decree, degree, disagree, dree, dungaree, entree, filagree, filaree, filigree, free, germfree, gree, greegree, gumtree, honoree, jamboree, kedgeree, laree, machree, millidegree, murderee, nondegree, overfree, pedigree, peppertree, pree, pugaree, puggaree, puggree, pugree, puree, rapparee, referee, retiree, rooftree, saddletree, sangaree, saree, scree, shikaree, shivaree, shoetree, singletree, siree, sirree, soiree, spree, stingaree, swingletree, three, transferee, tree, unfree, whiffletree, whippletree. (additional references) | |
Words containing "REE": afreet, afreets, agreeabilities, agreeability, agreeable, agreeableness, agreeablenesses, agreeably, agreed, agreeing, agreement, agreements, agrees, amreeta, amreetas, antifreeze, antifreezes, axletrees, backstreet, backstreets, bescreen, bescreened, bescreening, bescreens, boreen, boreens, 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, bystreet, bystreets, camporees, careen, careened, careener, careeners, careening, careens, career, careered, careerer, careerers, careering, careerism, careerisms, careerist, careerists, careers, chickarees, chivareed, chivareeing, chivarees, cicorees, conferees, corroborees, creed, creedal, creeds, creek, creeks, creel, creeled, creeling, creels, creep, creepage, creepages, creeper, creepers, creepie, creepier, creepies, creepiest, creepily, creepiness, creepinesses, creeping, creeps, creepy, creese, creeses, creesh, creeshed, creeshes, creeshing, crossbreed, crossbreeding, crossbreeds, crosstrees, decreed, decreeing, decreer, decreers, decrees, degreed, degrees, disagreeable, disagreeableness, disagreeablenesses, disagreeably, disagreed, disagreeing, disagreement, disagreements, disagrees, discreet, discreeter, discreetest, discreetly, discreetness, discreetnesses, dreed, dreeing, drees, dungarees, entrees, evergreen, evergreens, fenugreek, fenugreeks, filagreed, filagreeing, filagrees, filarees, filigreed, filigreeing, filigrees, freebase, freebased, freebaser, freebasers, freebases, freebasing, freebee, freebees, freebie, freebies, freeboard, freeboards, freeboot, freebooted, freebooter, freebooters, freebooting, freeboots, freeborn, freed, freedman, freedmen, freedom, freedoms, freedwoman, freedwomen, freeform, freehand, freehanded, freehandedly, freehandedness, freehandednesses, freehearted, freeheartedly, freehold, freeholder, freeholders, freeholds, freeing, freelance, freelanced, freelancer, freelancers, freelances, freelancing, freeload, freeloaded, freeloader, freeloaders, freeloading, freeloads, freely, freeman, freemartin, freemartins, freemasonries, freemasonry, freemen, freeness, freenesses, freer, freers, frees, freesia, freesias, freest, freestanding, freestone, freestones, freestyle, freestyler, freestylers, freestyles, freethinker, freethinkers, freethinking, freethinkings, freeware, freewares, freeway, freeways, freewheel, freewheeled, freewheeler, freewheelers, freewheeling, freewheelingly, freewheels, freewill, freewriting, freewritings, freeze, freezer, freezers, freezes, freezing, freezingly, greed, greedier, greediest, greedily, greediness, greedinesses, greeds, greedy, greegrees, greeing, greek, green, greenback, greenbacker, greenbackers, greenbackism, greenbackisms, greenbacks, greenbelt, greenbelts, greenbrier, greenbriers, greenbug, greenbugs, greened, greener, greeneries, greenery, greenest, greenfield, greenfinch, greenfinches, greenflies, greenfly, greengage, greengages, greengrocer, greengroceries, greengrocers, greengrocery, greenhead, greenheads, greenheart, greenhearts, greenhorn, greenhorns, greenhouse, greenhouses, greenie, greenier, greenies, greeniest, greening, greenings, greenish, greenishness, greenishnesses, greenkeeper, greenkeepers, greenlet, greenlets, greenling, greenlings, greenly, greenmail, greenmailed, greenmailer, greenmailers, greenmailing, greenmails, greenness, greennesses, greenockite, greenockites, greenroom, greenrooms, greens, greensand, greensands, greenshank, greenshanks, greensick, greensickness, greensicknesses, greenskeeper, greenskeepers, greenstone, greenstones, greenstuff, greenstuffs, greensward, greenswards, greenth, greenths, greenway, greenways, greenwing, greenwings, greenwood, greenwoods, greeny, grees, greet, greeted, greeter, greeters, greeting, greetings, greets, gumtrees, hareem, hareems, honeycreeper, honeycreepers, honorees, inbreed, inbreeding, inbreedings, inbreeds, indiscreet, indiscreetly, indiscreetness, indiscreetnesses, interbreed, interbreeding, interbreeds, jamborees, jereed, jereeds, jerreed, jerreeds, kedgerees, kreep, kreeps, larees, linebreeding, linebreedings, machrees, millidegrees, moreen, moreens, mouthbreeder, mouthbreeders, multiscreen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "REE" (pronounced rē") |
| 2 | r ē" | agree, Bree, Brie, Curie, debris, decree, degree, disagree, Esprit, free, indri, potpourri, pree, re, retiree, shri, Signori, spree, Sri, three, tree. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ere. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-r" | |
-1 letter: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-r" | |
+1 letter: beer, bree, cere, deer, dere, dree, eery, eger, erne, ever, ewer, eyer, eyre, fere, free, gree, here, jeer, leer, mere, peer, pree, rede, reed, reef, reek, reel, rees, rete, seer, sere, tree, veer, weer, were. | |
+2 letters: aerie, agree, ameer, areae, arete, beers, beery, beret, berme, brede, breed, brees, breve, ceder, cered, ceres, cheer, creed, creek, creel, creep, creme, crepe, deers, defer, deter, dreed, drees, eager, eagre, eared, eater, edger, eerie, egers, egger, egret, eider, elder, elver, ember, emeer, emery, emmer, ender, enter, enure, erase, erect, ernes, erode, erose, erred, erses, esker, ester, ether, evert, every, ewers, exert, eyers, eyres, eyrie, feres, fever, fewer, feyer, fleer, freed, freer, frees, frere, genre, grebe, greed, greek, green, grees, greet, heder, heres, hewer, hexer, jeers, kerne, kreep, laree, leers, leery, leger, leper, lever, merde, merer, meres, merge, merle, meter, metre, nerve, never, newer, peers, peery, perea, perse, peter, preed, preen, prees, prese, puree, queer, 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, scree, seder, seers, sered, serer, seres, serge, serve, sever, sewer, sheer, siree, sneer, speer, spree, steer, stere, sweer, terce, terne, terse, there, three, treed, treen, trees, veers, veery, verge, verse, verve, vexer, weber, where. | |
+3 letters: adhere, aerate, aeried, aerier, aeries, aerobe, aether, afreet, agreed, agrees, ambeer, ameers, amerce, ampere, areole, aretes, averse, barege, bargee, beaker, bearer, beater, beaver, bedder, beeper, beezer, before, befret, belier, belter, bemire, bender, berake, berate, bereft, berets, berime, bermes, better, beware, bireme, boreen, bredes, breech, breeds, breeks, breeze, breezy, breves, brevet, brewed, brewer, bribee, burgee, careen, career, ceders, ceiler, celery, censer, center, centre, cerate, cereal, cereus, cerise, cerite, cermet, certes, ceruse, cheder, cheero, cheers, cheery, chevre, chewer, clever, coerce, cohere, corvee, crease, create, creche, creeds, creeks, creels, creeps, creepy, creese, creesh, cremes, crenel, creole, creped, crepes, crepey, crewed, crewel, deader, deafer, dealer, dearer, dearie, decare, decern, decker, decree, deeper, defers, defier, defter, degerm, degree, deicer, dekare, delver, demure, denier, denser, deperm, derate, deride, derive, desert, desire, deters, dewier, dexter, dieter, dragee, drawee, dredge, dueler, eagers, eagres, earned, earner, easier, easter, eaters, eatery, ecarte, echoer, edgers, edgier, eelier, eerier, eerily, eggers, egress, egrets, eiders, either, elater, elders, elmier, eloper, eluder, elvers, embers, embrue, emeers, emerge, emerod, emigre, emmers, emoter, empery, empire, encore, endear, enders, endure, energy, enrage, enrobe, enserf, ensure, entera, enters, entire, entree, enured, enures, envier, epimer, erased, eraser, erases, erects, erenow, ergate, ermine, eroded, erodes, eroses, eskers, esters, etcher, eterne, ethers, euchre, eureka, evader, evener, everts, eviler, evoker, exedra, exerts, expert, expire, exsert, extern, eyebar, eyries, faerie, fakeer, feared, fearer, feater, feeder, feeler, feirie, feller, fencer, fender, feriae, ferine, ferlie, ferrel, ferret, ferule, fester, fetter, fevers, fierce, fleers, formee, freely, freers, freest, freeze, freres, frieze, frisee, fueler, galere, geared, geezer, gelder, gender, genera, genres, gerent, germen, getter, geyser, grease, greave, grebes, greeds, greedy, greens, greeny, greets, greige, greyed, greyer, grieve, gyrene, haeres, hareem, header, healer, hearer, hearse, heater, heaver, heders, hedger, heeder, heeler, hefter, heifer, heired, heller, helper, hemmer, herbed, herded, herder, hereat, hereby, herein, hereof, hereon, heresy, hereto, hermae, heroes, herpes, hetero, hewers, hexers, inhere, jaeger, jeered, jeerer, jereed, jerked, jerker, jersey, jester, keener, keeper, kegler, kelter, kerbed, kerfed, kermes, kerned, kernel, kernes, kersey, kreeps, larees, laveer, leader, leaker, leaner, leaper, leaser, leaver, lecher, ledger, leered, lefter, legers, lender, lepers, lesser, letter, levers, levier, lewder, lieder, liefer, lierne, liever, meager, meagre, meaner, meeker, meeter, melder, melter, member, mender, mercer, merdes, merely, merest, merged, merger, merges, merles, mermen, meteor, meters, metier, metred, metres, mewler, moreen, neared, nearer, neater, necker, needer, nereid, nereis, nerved, nerves, nester, nether, netter, neuter, obeyer, ocreae, oeuvre, opener, oreide, overed, pardee, pareve, pecker, pedler, peeler, peeper, peered, peerie, pelter, penner, pepper, perdie, perdue, pereia, pereon, perked, permed, perses, perter, peruke, peruse, pester, peters, petrel, petter, pewter, piecer, pierce, preens, prefer, premed, premen, premie, preset, prevue, prexes, preyed, preyer, prezes, pugree, pureed, purees, pyrene, quaere, queers, queuer, raceme, ragees, raggee, rakees, ramees, ranees, rappee, razeed, razees, reader, realer, reales, reamed, reamer, reaped, reaper, reared, rearer, reaved, reaver, reaves, rebate, rebbes, rebeck, rebecs, rebels, rebore, rebred, rebuke, recane, recces, recede, recent, recept, recess, rechew, recipe, recite, recked, recode, recuse, redate, redded, redden, redder, reddle, redear, redeem, redefy, redeny, redeye, rediae, redleg, redoes, redone, redrew, reduce, redyed, redyes, reearn, reecho, reechy, reeded, reedit, reefed, reefer, reeked, reeker, reeled, reeler, reemit, reests, reeved, reeves, reface, refect, refeed, refeel, refell, refels, refelt, refers, reffed, refile, refine, refire, reflet, reflew, reflex, refuel, refuge, refuse, refute, regale, regave, regear, regent, reggae, regime, regive, reglet, reglue, regret, regrew, rehear, reheat, reheel, rehems, rehire, reined, reived, reiver, reives, reject, rekeys, relace, relate, relend, relent, relets, releve, relied, relief, relier, relies, reline, relive, relume, remade, remake, remate, remedy, remeet, remelt, remend, remise, remote, remove, rename, rended, render, renege, renest, renews, rennet, rented, renter, rentes, reopen, repave, repeal, repeat, repegs, repels, repent, reperk, repine, repled, repose, repped, repute, reread, rerise, rerose, resale, rescue, reseal, reseat, reseau, resect, reseda, reseed, reseek, reseen, resees, resell, resend, resent, resets, resewn, resews, reshes, reshoe, reside, resile, resite, resize, resole, rested, rester, resume, retake, retape, reteam, retear, retell, retems, retene, retest, retied, reties, retile, retime, retine, retire, retore, retted, retune, retuse, retype, reused, reuses, reveal, revels, reverb, revere, revers, revert, revery, revest, revets, review, revile, revise, revive, revoke, revote, revues, revved, rewake, reweds, reweld, rewets, rewire, rewoke, rewove, rezone, ribeye, riever, rupees, rushee, sarees, screed, screen, screes, sealer, seamer, seared, searer, seater, secern, secret, secure, seders, seeder, seeker, seemer, seiner, seiser, seizer, seller, sempre, sender, serape, serein, serene, serest, serges, series, serine, served, server, serves, setter, severe, severs, sewers, sexier, sheers, shewer, sirees, sirree, skewer, sneers, soever, soiree, speers, spewer, sphere, sprees, steers, stereo, steres, streek, streel, street, swerve, teared, tearer, teaser, tedder, teemer, teener, teeter, telfer, teller, temper, tender, tenner, tenrec, tenser, tenter, tenure, tercel, terces, tercet, teredo, terete, termed, termer, ternes, terrae, terret, terser, tester, tether, tetter, theres, therme, threep, threes, tierce, tiered, treble, treens, trevet, triene, tureen, tuyere, unfree, unreel, urease, ureide, ureter, vealer, veered, veiler, veiner, velure, vender, veneer, venery, venire, venter, verged, verger, verges, verier, verite, vermes, versed, verser, verses, verset, verste, vertex, verves, vervet, vesper, vetoer, vexers, viewer, weaker, weaner, wearer, weaver, webers, wedder, weeder, weeper, weever, weiner, welder, welter, wester, wether, wetter, wheres, wherve, wiener, yeller, yelper, yerked, yester, zeroed, zeroes, zester. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 45 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523939 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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