me.
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
Meaning & usage
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
Can you hear me?
He gave me this.
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). As the object of a preposition.
Come with me.
Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
Who's there? —Me. (or:) It's only me.
Who did this? —Me. I did it. (or:) It was me. I did it.)
I, the first-person singular, as the subject. As the subject of a verb.
Me and my friends played a game.
[It was] literally all me and my astrophysicist colleagues could talk about.
I, the first-person singular, as the subject. As the subject of a verb. Sometimes used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
I, the first-person singular, as the subject. Would be the subject of a copula in standard English, though the copula is omitted; used to indicate or imitate limited English fluency.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”.
The self or personality of the speaker, especially their authentic self.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”.
The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.
Where this word comes from
From mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Indefinite pronoun (usually singular); one; you; they; someone.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English me, an unstressed phonetic reduction of men, man (pronouns; q. v.). Compare German man (“one, you”, indefinite pronoun).
Alternative form of my.
Where this word comes from
A spelling representing the pronunciation (/miː/), which is the older pronunciation (see Middle English mi (“my”); Middle English me (“me”) was pronounced /meː/, similar to modern May); the Great Vowel Shift in the Middle Ages changed /iː/ to /aɪ/, but some dialects retained or reinnovated /iː/ in this word.
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