e-

pref.

Electronic: e-cash; e-cigarette; e-tickets; e-waste.

[e(lectronic), on the model of e-mail.]

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e-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives

1. out: eviscerate; egest.

2. away: elapse; elongate.

3. outside: evaginate.

4. completely: evaporate.

5. without: ebracteate.

[from Latin ē away; related to ex-¹]

e-

prefix

(Electronics) electronic, indicating the involvement of the internet: e-business; e-money.

E-

prefix

(Cookery) used with numbers indicating a standardized system within the European Union, as of recognized food additives or standard pack sizes. See also E number

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E, e

(i)

n., pl. or E's, es e's.

1. the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by this letter.

3. something having the shape of an E.

4. a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.

E

1. east.

2. eastern.

3. English.

4. excellent.

5. Expressway.

E

Symbol.

1. the fifth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes l.c.) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark indicating that a student's work is in need of improvement in order to be passing.

a. the third note of the ascending C major scale.

b. a tonality having E as the tonic.

4. energy.

5. Biochem. glutamic acid.

e

Math. Symbol.

a transcendental constant equal to 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms; the limit of the expression (1 + 1/n)ⁿ as n approaches infinity.

e-

or E-,

(used in combination)

1. electronic: e-mail; E-text.

2. online: e-banking.

e-

var. of ex- ¹ , occurring in words of Latin origin before consonants other than c, f, p, q, s, and t: emit.

E.

1. Earl.

2. Earth.

3. east.

4. Easter.

5. eastern.

6. engineer.

7. engineering.

8. English.

e.

1. eldest.

2. Football. end.

3. engineer.

4. engineering.

5. entrance.

6. Baseball. error.

Translations

e-

[iː] PREFIX → electrónico

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e-

[ˈiː] prefix → e-, électronique after n
e-solutions → e-solutions, solutions électroniques

e-

pref (= electronic) → E-, e-

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