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e

299 7.0
The fifth letter of the English alphabet
  • noun
  • /iː/
: e
  • Saule Wright (the "e" is silent) is a chill cat that loves his hip-hop and R&B music.

I can do D flat major over E major.

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Examples

  • Yeah, but there's an M and an E.

  • I can do D flat major over E major.

  • "I ran my fingers across the letters, up the C, over the e and the 1, down to the a.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Everybody knows this dumb silent e sound except us.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So here we've got the number E, Here we've got the number π.

  • The letter e is the most common letter in the English language.

  • In the word "elephant," the letter e appears at the beginning and in the middle.

  • You can find the letter e in many words like "tree" and "breeze."

Synonyms

E
vse
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The fifth letter of the English alphabet

is the same letter but written in lowercase form

Idioms

4 9.8

A motto meaning 'out of many, one' used by the United States to show unity

Compounds

e-mail address
  • Texting
54 1.1

A special name people use to send and receive messages online

e-book
  • Texting
52 2.7

A digital book that you read on a phone, tablet, or computer

e-mail message
  • Texting
24 1.0

A message sent by email over the internet

vitamin E
  • Specialized
16 3.4

A substance stored in body fat that helps the body make babies and protects cells from damage

junk e-mail
  • Texting
2 2.5

Email sent to many people that contains unwanted ads

2 4.2

The day that marks the Allied victory in Europe in World War II on May 8 1945

e-bike
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A bicycle with an electric motor that helps you pedal or moves without you pedalling

E-bomb
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A weapon that explodes in the air to stop electronic devices from working

1 9.9

A mild, funny phrase people say instead of swearing when surprised or angry

E layer
  • Specialized
1 9.6

A layer of the upper atmosphere about 80 to 145 kilometres above the ground that reflects medium-length radio waves

E region
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Part of the upper atmosphere 50 to 90 miles above Earth that reflects medium radio waves

A public holiday on January 19 in some southern US states honoring Confederate general Robert E Lee

e-consulting
  • Texting
1 6.0

A service that gives professional advice online to businesses

1 8.9

A holiday in some southern United States on January 19 to remember the birth of Confederate General Robert E Lee

e-commerce boom
  • Texting
1 3.5

A period when online shopping grows very quickly

immunoglobulin E
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A body protein that helps cause allergic reactions and fights parasites

1 9.9

A very hot desert in eastern Iran with unusual salt and sand formations

E-LASIK
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A type of eye surgery that reshapes the cornea by creating a small flap to correct vision

A large salt desert in north central Iran with wide cracked salt flats

8.8

A fashion and makeup style with dyed hair, bold eyeliner, and fun accessories

A former mountainous area in central Italy by the Adriatic Sea now split into the regions Abruzzo and Molise

9.9

Online creators, often women, who gain followers by sharing sexual or suggestive content

e-thumb
  • Texting
7.7

An online click that shows you like or support a post

An Iranian political group that mixes left-wing and Islamic ideas and some countries call it a terrorist group

An armed group in Pakistan that wants to set up an Islamic government and works with the Taliban

A Pakistani organization accused of giving information about weapons to terrorists

Surface Forms

e singular
es plural

Etymology

E is one of the oldest letters and comes from earlier alphabets such as the Greek epsilon. It has long stood for the 'ee' sound you hear in 'see' and 'elephant', so remembering that sound helps you remember e.