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# ee

«ee» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/#m1)

2) (Scots) «Ee» means eye; the old plural is «een». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/#m2)

3) (spelling) «ee» is a common letter pair making the long «ee» sound, as in «tree», «sheep», «green». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/#m3)

4) (a name) EE is a British mobile phone company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/#m4)

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

- [děng yíxià («DUNG ee-SHYAH») means wait a moment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/12/)
- [yìbǎi fēn («ee-BYE FUN») means a hundred marks, full marks; fēn also means minute and penny.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/15-school-words/14/)
- [«ea» has two common sounds: /ee/ in «eat» and /e/ in «head».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling/18/)
- [«i before e except after c» works mainly for the /ee/ sound: believe, field, receive, ceiling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.