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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vitamin E, tocopherol, Enoun

    a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

  2. einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99noun

    a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

  3. east, due east, eastward, Enoun

    the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

  4. enoun

    the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282...

  5. E, enoun

    the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. E

    Anciently almost every word ended with e; as for can, canne; for year, yeare; for great, greate; for need, neede; for flock, flocke.

  2. E

    Anciently almost every word ended with e; as for can, canne; for year, yeare; for great, greate; for need, neede; for flock, flocke.

Wikipedia

  1. E

    E (named e, plural ees) is the fifth letter and the second vowel in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

ChatGPT

  1. é

    The letter "é" is a character in various alphabets, including French, Portuguese, and Hungarian. In these languages, "é" represents a specific vowel sound, usually a close-mid front unrounded vowel, which is pronounced similar to the "ay" sound in the English word "say." As a standalone character, "é" does not have a specific meaning since it functions as part of words across different languages.

Webster Dictionary

  1. E

    the fifth letter of the English alphabet

  2. E

    e is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E

  3. E

    of Notopodium

Freebase

  1. E

    E is a vowel and the fifth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. E

    the fifth letter in our own and the cognate alphabets, with four sounds—e.g. e in evil, i in England, u in the last syllable of eleven, Italian e in prey. A subscript e is commonly used to lengthen the previous vowel, as in not, note; bit, bite; (mus.) the third note or sound of the natural diatonic scale, and the third above the tonic C.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. e

    The second class of rating on Lloyd's books for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. (See A.)

Rap Dictionary

  1. e

    An abbreviation for E & J Gallo Winery, a large exporter of California wines, or a bottle made by E & J Gallo Winery. Y'all know my steelo with or without the airplay, I keep some E&J, sittin bent up in the stairway -- Nas (New York State of Mind)

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Entomology

  1. E

    as prefix, is privative and means without.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of e in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of e in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of e in a Sentence

  1. Ashish Shah:

    We have been concerned about the quality of the smaller E&P (exploration and production) players, i think we're in the phase where people are selling what they can sell.

  2. Howard Johnson:

    M-O-T-H-E-R M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T is for the tears she shed to save me, H is for her heart of purest gold E is for her eyes, with love-light shining, R means right, and right she'll always be, Put them all together, they spell MOTHER, A word that means the world to me.

  3. James Waterworth:

    Online services such as e-commerce sites, search and social networks are useful but not critical. This legislation should focus on truly critical infrastructure only.

  4. Chief Executive Johannes Teyssen:

    E.ON will grow more through organic growth and less via acquisitions.

  5. Robert Burns:

    The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy

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