-ee

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of…

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

   • examine + -ee → examinee
   • interview + -ee → interviewee
   • train + -ee → trainee
2. 2

   Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject…

   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).

   • absent + -ee → absentee
   • respond + -ee → respondee
   • stand + -ee → standee
3. 3

   Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other…

   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.

   • assign + -ee → assignee
   • legate + -ee → legatee
   • mortgage + -ee → mortgagee
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   1. 4

      Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.

      • laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee
   2. 5

      Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by…

      Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.

      • barge + -ee → bargee
      • tender + -ee → tenderee
      • venereal + -ee → venerealee
   3. 6

      Used to form diminutives.

      • boot + -ee → bootee
      • goat + -ee → goatee
      • settle + -ee → settee
   4. 7

      Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.

      • "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
      • A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"
   5. 8

      Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix).

The neighborhood

• antonymsuper-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymsupra-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymhyper-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymultra-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymuber-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymmacro-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymarch-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymover-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymmega-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymgiga-antonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonym-zillaantonym(s) of “diminutive affix”
• antonymgrandantonym(s) of “diminutive affix”