ME
Multiple Entries:
ME Me me myalgic encephalomyelitis
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.
me and mine me and my friends and family.
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, seeusage at than.
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
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.
'ME' also found in these Oxford entries:
a
- abacus
- abaft
- abandon
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbacy
- abbess
- abbey
- abbreviate
- abet
- abhor
- ability
- abject
- abjure
- ablation
- ablative
- able
- ablution
- abnegate
- aboard
- abode
- abolish
- abominable
- abound
- abridge
- abroad
- absent
- absinth
- absolute
- absolution
- absolve
- absorb
- abstain
- abstinence
- abstract
- abundance
- abuse
- abut
- abysm
- abyss
- acacia
- academy
- accede
- accent
- accept
- access
- accessory
- accident

