me

me  (m)

pron. The objective case of I¹.

1. Used as the direct object of a verb: He assisted me.

2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered me a ride.

3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to me.

4. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's me. See Usage Notes at be, but, I¹.

5. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: I bought me a new car.

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[Middle English, from Old English m; see me-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Our Living Language Speakers of vernacular varieties of English, especially in the South, will commonly utter sentences like I bought me some new clothes or She got her a good job, in which the objective form of the pronoun (me, her) rather than the reflexive pronoun (myself, herself) is used to refer back to the subject of the sentence (I, her). However, the reflexive pronoun of Standard English cannot always be replaced by the vernacular objective pronoun. For example, Jane baked her and John some cookies doesn't mean "Jane baked herself and John some cookies." In this sentence, her must refer to someone other than Jane, just as it does in Standard English. In addition, forms like me and her cannot be used in place of myself or herself unless the noun in the phrase following the pronoun is preceded by a modifier such as some, a, or a bunch of. Thus, sentences such as I cooked me some dinner and We bought us a bunch of candy are commonplace; sentences such as I cooked me dinner and We bought us candy do not occur at all. Sometimes objective pronouns can occur where reflexive pronouns cannot. For example, some Southerners might say I'm gonna write me a letter to the President; nobody, no matter what variety he or she speaks, would say I'm gonna write myself a letter to the President.

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me ¹

pron

(objective)

refers to the speaker or writer: that hurts me

Noun

Informal the personality of the speaker or writer or something that expresses it: the real me [Old English mē]

USAGE: It was formerly regarded as correct to use I, he, she, etc. rather than me, him, her, after the verb to be, as in: it is I who told him. Since both I and me can sound strange in a sentence like this, it is better to use a different construction: I am the one who told him. The use of a possessive before an -ing form of a verb was formerly thought to be preferable to using me, etc., but now both forms are acceptable: he didn't like my/me having a job of my own.

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me ² or mi

Noun

Music (in tonic sol-fa) the third note of any ascending major scale

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ME

1. Maine

2. Middle English

3. myalgic encephalomyelitis: see chronic fatigue syndrome

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ME - a state in New England Maine, Pine Tree State Acadia National Park - a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut Augusta, capital of Maine - the capital of the state of Maine Bangor - a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River Brunswick - a university town in southwestern Maine Lewiston - a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland Orono - a university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor Portland - largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state Penobscot River, Penobscot - a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay Saint John River, St. John River, Saint John, St. John - a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy

Translations

ME abbr (US) (POST) (= Maine)

n abbr (US) (MED) (= medical examiner) (MED) (= myalgic encephalomyelitis) → encefalomielitis f miálgica

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me [miː] pron (direct) → me;

(stressed, after pronoun) → mí;

can you hear me? → ¿me oyes?;

he heard ME! → me oyó a mí;

it's me → soy yo;

give them to me → dámelos;

with/without me → conmigo/sin mí;

it's for me → es para mí

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ME n abbr (US) (= medical examiner) → médecin légiste m/f;

(Med) (= myalgic encephalomyelitis) → encéphalomyélite f myalgique

abbr (US) (= Maine)

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me [miː] pron → me, m' + vowel or h mute;

(stressed, after prep) → moi;

it's me → c'est moi;

he heard me → il m'a entendu;

give me a book → donnez-moi un livre;

it's for me → c'est pour moi

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ME n abbr (US) = medical examiner;

(Med) (= myalgic encephalomyelitis) → krankhafter Energiemangel (oft nach Viruserkrankungen)

abbr (US) (Post) (= Maine)

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me [miː] pron 1. (direct) → mich;

can you hear me? → können Sie mich hören?;

it's me → ich bins

2. (indirect) → mir;

he gave me the money, he gave the money to me → er gab mir das Geld

3. (after prep);

it's for me → es ist für mich;

with me → mit mir;

give them to me → gib sie mir;

without me → ohne mich

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ME abbr (US) (= Maine)

n abbr (MED) (= myalgic encephalomyelitis) → sindrome f da affaticamento cronico;

(US) see medical examiner

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me [miː] pron → mi, m' + vowel;

(stressed, after prep) → me;

it's me → sono io;

it's for me → è per me