ME

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ME/emˈiː/
abbreviation
  • 1 Maine (in official postal use).
  • 2 US Medical Examiner.
  • 3 Middle English.
  • 4 Medicine myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Me
abbreviation
  • 1 Maine.
  • 2 Maître (title of a French advocate).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
me1
pronoun [first person sing.]
  • 1 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition.

    ■ used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’.

  • 2 N. Amer. informal to or for myself.
– phrases
me and mine me and my friends and family.
– origin OE , accusative and dative of I2, of Gmc origin.
usage:
It is correct to say between you and me rather than between you and I: see usage at between
On whether to say you have more than me or you have more than I, see usage at than.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
me2 (also mi)
noun Music (in tonic sol-fa) the third note of a major scale.

■ the note E in the fixed-doh system.

– origin ME mi, an arbitrary name for the note, taken from the first syllable of mira, from a Latin hymn.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myalgic encephalomyelitis /mʌɪalʤɪkensefələʊmʌɪəˈlʌɪtɪs/ (abbrev.: ME)
noun another term for chronic fatigue syndrome.
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