ee

«ee» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection (UK dialect «ee», Northern England); Scots «ee» = eye (plural «een»); company name (EE); letters «ee» in spelling — a fragment

meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Northern England dialect) «Ee!» is a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's cold!»; also «ee by gum». tree →

2) (Scots) «Ee» means eye; the old plural is «een». tree →

3) (spelling) «ee» is a common letter pair making the long «ee» sound, as in «tree», «sheep», «green». tree →

4) (a name) EE is a British mobile phone company. tree →

sense in the lessons

In phonics lessons pupils learn «ee» as a digraph (two letters, one sound): «see», «feet», «bee». In stories set in Yorkshire, Lancashire or the North East of England, characters say «Ee!» or «Ee, lad». In Scots poems and songs, «ee» means eye. In everyday life, EE is a phone network.

examples

«Ee, it's grand to see you!» said Grandma from Yorkshire. tree →
«Ee by gum!» is an old Northern English way of saying «my goodness!». tree →
The letters «ee» make the sound in «sheep». tree →
«Bee», «tree» and «free» all have «ee». tree →
In the Scots poem, «ee» means eye. tree →
My mum's phone is on EE. tree →

note

Not a standard English word on its own; it is dialect, a spelling pattern or a company name. In writing use «oh» or «eye». The long «ee» sound can also be spelt «ea» (sea), «e» (me), «ie» (field) or «y» (happy).

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

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