e

Letter (1)

1. (letter, lowercase) The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Numeral (1)

1. (lowercase) The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Noun (1)

e (plural ees)

1. The name of the Latin script letter E/e.

Pronoun

e (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative em, possessive adjective eir, possessive noun eirs, reflexive emself)

1. (epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, 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...
   • 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...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

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈiː/

e

1. (informal) The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.
   • The sax comes in on the e of one.

Letter (2) capitalized: E

1. (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

Numeral (2) capitalized: E

1. (uppercase) The fifth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

Symbol capitalized: E

E

1. (abbreviation, ESRB rating) Abbreviation of everyone.
2. East.

Noun (3) capitalized: E

E (plural Es)

1. (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
2. (abbreviation, chiefly LGBTQ) Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.
3. The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
   • 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 […]1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25
   • 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.2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 198
4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of episode (“installment of a series”).
   • The pilot episode is S01E01.
5. (abbreviation, initialism, rhythmic gymnastics) Initialism of execution.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: E

E

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Elohist.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Eni.
   • Magnus said that companies such as Italy’s Eni (E) and ConocoPhillips (COP) that already operate in Alaska could be interested in drilling in ANWR.2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business

Proper noun (2) capitalized: E

E

1. A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.
   • The discovery suggests also that the center of the state of E was located in the Suizao corridor in Hubei, not far from the location of E as suggested by ancient geographical works.2002, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 229
   • These three bronzes, though clearly modeled on Zhou types, are quite distinctive from the Zhou tradition. They suggest that, although the state of E served as an ally and agent of the Western Zhou state, it probably had a distinctive cultural origin of its own.2006, Li Feng, Landscape and Power in Early China, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 330–331
2. Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.
3. A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: E

E

1. A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: E

E

1. A river in Highland council area, Scotland.