E.E.

1. Early English.

2. electrical engineer.

3. electrical engineering.

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ee «ee», noun.

Scottish. eye.

-ee,

suffix added to verbs to form nouns.

1. a person who is _____: »

Absentee = a person who is absent.

2. a person who is _____ed: »

Appointee = a person who is appointed.

3. a person to whom something is _____ed: »

Mortgagee = a person to whom something is mortgaged.

4. a person who _____s: »

Standee = a person who stands.

╂[< Anglo-French -e, masculine past participle ending of verbs in -er < Latin -ātus. Compare etym. under -ate¹.]

e.e.,

errors excepted.

EE (no periods),

1. electrical engineer.

2. electrical engineering.

E.E.,

1. Early English.

2. a) electrical engineer. b) electrical engineering.

3. errors excepted.