e meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

e

characteralso spelled E

/ɛ/ · /iː/

Etymology The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

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Letter, Lowercase The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms: closed e, efold, e-folding, e-form, open e, silent e
Coordinate terms: 53 terms
letter, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, W, w, X, x, Y, y, Z, z

e

num

Etymology The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

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Lowercase, Number The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

e

noun

Etymology The letter name is ultimately from Latin ē. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced, in whole or in part, five futhorc letters in the 7th century: ᛖ (e), ᚫ (æ), ᛠ (ea), ᛇ (eo), and ᛟ (œ).

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The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

Coordinate terms: 27 terms
letter, a, bee, cee, dee, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee, zed

e

pron

Etymology From a deliberate apheresis of both he and she.

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Epicene, Nominative, Nonstandard, Rare, Third person A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

E invites em to consider how ey represent emselves^([sic]), and in so doing, e focuses eir attention on the ethics that make human relations possible.2000, Jane Love, “Ethics, Plugged and Unplugged: The Pegagogy of Disorderly Conduct”, in James A. Inman, Donna N. Sewell, editors, Taking flight with OWLs: Examining Electronic Writing Center Work, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →OL, LCC PE1414.T24 1999, page 193:
Empre waded out to help them cross the last stretch. More people, a few hundred, perhaps, had gathered along the shore. One of them came running at Melu with a cry—she threw up her arms in defense. But it was Aeran, only Aeran. E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief.2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August 2023), pages 146-202

Synonyms: ey

E

symbol

usually /ɛ/ · letter, name /iː/

Etymology Abbreviation.

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Abbreviation Abbreviation of everyone.

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East.

E

character

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters: * Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e). * Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ). * Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea). * Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo). * Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

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Letter, Uppercase The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

E

num

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, Ea, Eo, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters: * Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e). * Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ). * Old English digraph Ea, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea). * Old English digraph Eo from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (eo). * Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).

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Uppercase, Number The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

E

noun

Etymology Abbreviation.

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Slang The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.

Sick Boy brings oot some E. White doves; ah think. It's mental gear. Most Ecstasy hasnae any MDMA in it, it's just likesay, ken, part speed, part acid in its effects . . .1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 156:
And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp:

1 more example

You mentioned you were taking stuff. Did you mean ecstasy? / What else? It’s excellent. I’m not an addict or nothing, and I steer clear of crack and that. People say E is for losers but, hey, I’d never be without some eccy in my bag.2002, Hugh Mackay, Winter Close, Sydney: Hodder Headline, →ISBN, page 85:

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Abbreviation Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.

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The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.

1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25, In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got an E in A-level art […]
2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 198, My results weren’t that great, to be honest. I weren’t right happy with them; I got an E in Maths and that were a surprise, but I did get a B in Technology – that were all right.

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2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 125, Not really, but perhaps I’d have got an ‘E’ in Tech Drawing no matter how much I’d asserted myself. Maybe Mr. Pinkerton would have seen to it that my exam paper was tampered with. A spot of teacher to student revenge.
2005, Craig Taylor, Light, Reverb, →ISBN, page 103, But she didn’t get the bit about my accidental artistic career, “But you can’t draw love. You got an E in your exam. I remember that. You drew that onion that looked like a boil.”

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Abbreviation Abbreviation of episode (“installment of a series”).

The pilot episode is S01E01.

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Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of execution.

Rhythmic gymnastics

e

noun

/ˈiː/

Etymology From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.

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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Informal The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.

The sax comes in on the e of one.