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# ee

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

«ee» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Northern England dialect) «Ee!» is a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's cold!»; also «ee by gum». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#m1)
2. (Scots) «Ee» means eye; the old plural is «een». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#m2)
3. (spelling) «ee» is a common letter pair making the long «ee» sound, as in «tree», «sheep», «green». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#m3)
4. (a name) EE is a British mobile phone company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x1)
- «Ee by gum!» is an old Northern English way of saying «my goodness!». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x2)
- The letters «ee» make the sound in «sheep». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x3)
- «Bee», «tree» and «free» all have «ee». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x4)
- In the Scots poem, «ee» means eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x5)
- My mum's phone is on EE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/#x6)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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.

### 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).

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ee/#m1)

### Then and now

Today "ee" is a Northern English cry of surprise. In these sentences it is a squeal from an animal or a sound written to show pronunciation.

### Examples

- But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!" (The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ee/#x1)
- AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ee/#x2)
- Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ee/#x3)

### Note

Today: eee; the sound "ee" as in "see".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ee.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ee» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ee» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ee.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ee» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ee» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/ee.html) on Mova free.