Suffix
Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).
Usage- morpheme
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
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examine + -ee → examinee
interview + -ee → interviewee
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train + -ee → trainee
employ + -ee → employee
Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).
Usage- morpheme
- Uncommon
- Examples
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absent + -ee → absentee
respond + -ee → respondee
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stand + -ee → standee
post + -ee → postee
Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
Usage- morpheme
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assign + -ee → assignee
legate + -ee → legatee
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mortgage + -ee → mortgagee
Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee
Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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barge + -ee → bargee
tender + -ee → tenderee
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venereal + -ee → venerealee
Suffix
Used to form diminutives.
Usage- morpheme
- Examples
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boot + -ee → bootee
goat + -ee → goatee
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settle + -ee → settee
Suffix
Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
Usage- Derogatory
- morpheme
- Offensive
- Related words
- Examples
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"No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"