-ee English

Meaning -ee meaning

What does -ee mean?

-ee suffix

— Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (ie, to whom or to which an action is done).

— Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action), especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied.

— (law) Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.

— (medicine) Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.

— irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun

-ee suffix

— used to form diminutives

-ee suffix

— (ethnic slur) Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.

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