ALL meanings of me
me
M m - noun plural me (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular). 1
- abbreviation ME Metaphysics. the ego. 1
- noun me A traditional rule governing the case of personal pronouns after forms of the verb to be is that the nominative or subjective form (I; she; he; we; they) must be chosen. Some 400 years ago, owing to the feeling that the postverb position in a sentence is object rather than subject territory, me and other objective pronouns (him; her; us; them) began to replace the subjective forms after be, so that It is I became It is me. Today such constructions—It's me. That's him. It must be them.—are almost universal in speech, the context in which they usually occur. In formal speech or edited writing, the subjective forms are used: It was I who first noticed the problem. My brother was the one who called our attention to the problem, but it wasn't he who solved it. It had been she at the window, not her husband. Me and other objective forms have also replaced the subjective forms in speech in constructions like Me neither; Not us; Who, them? and in comparisons after as or than: She's no faster than him at getting the answers. When the pronoun is the subject of a verb that is expressed, the nominative forms are used: Neither did I. She's no faster than he is at getting the answers. See also than. When a verb form ending in -ing functions as a noun, it is traditionally called a gerund: Walking is good exercise. She enjoys reading biographies. Usage guides have long insisted that gerunds, being nouns, must be preceded by the possessive form of the pronouns or nouns (my; your; her; his; its; our; their; child's; author's) rather than by the objective forms (me; you; him; her; it; us; them): The landlord objected to my (not me) having guests late at night. Several readers were delighted at the author's (not author) taking a stand on the issue. In standard practice, however, both objective and possessive forms appear before gerunds. Possessives are more common in formal edited writing, but the occurrence of objective forms is increasing; in informal writing and speech objective forms are more common: Many objections have been raised to the government (or government's) allowing lumbering in national parks. “Does anyone object to me (or my) reading this report aloud?” the moderator asked. 1
- noun me Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition. 1
- pronoun me I: direct object 1
- pronoun me to me: indirect object 1
- pronoun me before gerund 1
- abbreviation ME Methodist Episcopal 1
- adjective me of or involving an obsessive interest in one's own satisfaction: the me decade. 1
- pronoun me As the direct object of a verb. 0
- pronoun me (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. 0
- pronoun me As the object of a preposition. 0
- pronoun me As the indirect object of a verb. 0
- pronoun me (Colloquial) (US) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. 0
- pronoun me (Colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”). 0
- pronoun me (Colloquial) (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership. 0
- pronoun me (Colloquial) (with "and") As the subject of a verb. 0
- pronoun me (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb. 0
- determiner me (dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of my. 0
- uncountable noun me ME is a long-lasting illness that is thought to be caused by a virus. Its symptoms include feeling tired all the time and muscle pain. ME is an abbreviation for 'myalgic encephalomyelitis'. 0
- pronoun me A speaker or writer uses me to refer to himself or herself. Me is a first person singular pronoun. Me is used as the object of a verb or a preposition. 0
- pronoun me refers to the speaker or writer 0
- noun me the personality of the speaker or writer or something that expresses it 0
- abbreviation ME Montenegro 0
- the chemical symbol me the methyl group 0
- abbreviation ME Maine 0
- abbreviation ME Marine Engineer 0
- abbreviation ME Mechanical Engineer 0
- abbreviation ME Mining Engineer 0
- abbreviation ME Middle English 0
- abbreviation ME (in titles) Most Excellent 0
- abbreviation ME myalgic encephalopathy 0
- abbreviation ME Master of Education 0
- abbreviation ME Medical Examiner 0
- abbreviation ME Military Engineer 0
- abbreviation ME Most Excellent 0
- abbreviation ME methyl 0
- pronoun me I2[help me; give me the book] 0