Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- pro. Used as the direct object of a verb: He assisted me.
- pro. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered me a ride.
- pro. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to me.
- pro. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It's me. See Usage Notes at be, but, I1.
- pro. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: I bought me a new car.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- A pronoun of the first person, used only in the oblique cases (accusative and dative, classed together as objective), and supplying these cases of the pronoun I.
- The dative occurs— To express the indirect object: as, give me a drink; bring me that book.
- To express the indirect object in mere reference or mention—that is, to bring into the predicate, as an apparent indirect object, the actual subject (the ethical dative): a form of expression adding a certain life or vivacity to colloquial speech, and therefore a favorite use in Shakspere and other Elizabethan dramatists.
- Before the impersonal verbs think and seem, where me is conventionally written with the verb as one word, as me-thinks (preterit methought), meseems (preterit meseemed).
- One; they: used indefinitely.
- n. A contraction of Maine.
- n. An abbreviation of Member of Executive Council.
- n. An abbreviation of Master of Elementary Didactics.
- n. An abbreviation of Master (or Mistress) of English Literature.
- n. An abbreviation of mean effective pressure.
Wiktionary
- pro. As the direct object of a verb.
- pro. As a reflexive direct object of a verb.
- pro. As the object of a preposition.
- pro. As the indirect object of a verb.
- pro. As a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
- pro. As the complement of the copula (“be”, “is”).
- pro. Preceding a noun, marking ownership.
- pro. As the subject of a verb, used with and.
- pro. As the subject of a verb, used without and.
GNU Webster's 1913
- pro. One. See men, pron.
- The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state in New England
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English mē; see me-1 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Now you will hardly believe me when I tell you that at that very instant Topp forced me back into my chair, while Jack Hobson pinioned my arms from behind, and the waiter had the unblushing effrontery to stamp and rave at me like a maniac, demanding satisfaction or compensation at my hands for the unprovoked assault committed upon him by _me, coram populo_! — by _me_, who, I beg to assure you, am the most peaceable man living, and am actually famed for the mildness of my disposition and the sweetness and suavity of my temper.”
“For one thing, "acquaintance" wasn't how I'd have described that German ruffian who'd dragged me into his diabolical Strackenz plot and tried to murder me* (* See Royal Flash.), and how did she”
“They dwelled on the vast right wing conspiracy when in office ... now they've successfully sucked the media into the * woe is me you are so hard on me* mess.”
“He dwelled on the getting housing deals from Chicago's political/crime boss when in office ... now he has successfully sucked the media into the * woe is me you are so hard on me* mess.”
“Stand by me' - the Abu Ghraib bad apples yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '\'Stand by me\' - the Abu Ghraib bad apples '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: There are so many despicable, dark corners of the tawdry Bush presidency, none less tawdry than the torture theater that has found new release life and is playing across the land.”
“I said I might want someone to know that about *me* before they interviewed me.”
More Annals of the Great Depression: Whither The Conference Interview?
“What, you want to me *me* tier the display of *your* loss-leader by setting out your freebie on my land ?”
“This reminds me of the time that Beatlefest and a Chicago area comic-con were going on in the same hotel several years ago – I had on a Beatles t-shirt and a few buttons (nothing out of the ordinary at Beatlefest) – and a woman dressed head-to-toe in cornflower-blue-and-gold lame (with coordinated face makeup) gave *me* a “WTF” look.”
“DEMI i rally wanna se u in actuall because i am the greatest fan of yours please mail me on imrak399@yahoo.com i have a problem to be solved i hope u understand and will mail me*** i will keep waiting for your mail*****luv ya”
“It doesn't exactly make me comfortable that the New York Observer is making an implicit analogy between the Clintons' marriage and my own, but the stunt of having my husband and I me* both review Carl Bernstein's Hillary book at least gave me my first ever MSM cover story.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘me’.
-
Ecce Romani
When in Rome...
salve, ecce, omnis, puella, puer, cannis, equis, domus, quae, postquam, vestemque, suam and 106 more...
-
Words Heard Too Often In Songs
Words overused in modern pop music.
Also see ruzuzu's list: Words that should be heard in songs more often.love, heart, dance, dancefloor, down, take, want, night, fight, baby, like, ooooh and 135 more...
-
recycle
recycling words for ma citz crs wrk
recycle, world, future, carbon footprint, think, deforestation, global warming, dream, freedom, stop!, you, me and 6 more...
-
core words
my, I, mine, your, his, hers, him, her, their, theirs, our, ours and 34 more...
-
treasury
Prolagus The guy who sends me lots of useful emails on how to make easy money and enlarge my p€ni$. Sep 1, 2009
jennarenn Poor kids spell this word as me or mee. Rich kids spell this word as mii. ARGH!!! Feb 6, 2009
Telofy Who pronounces me /mei/?
If anyone has a clue, please post. I'm really curious.
(I just heard it in a song but that was just so it rhymes with away...) Jan 7, 2009
uselessness Pirate for my. Feb 1, 2007