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me

/miː/
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• pronoun

1

Used by a speaker or writer to refer to himself or herself as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition.

Example

"Please hand me the notebook sitting on the desk."

2

Used in informal speech and writing as a predicate complement after a linking verb such as 'be', or after 'than' or 'as' in comparisons.

Example

"She was surprised to discover that the person knocking at the door was me."

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Word Nuance & Usage

In formal English, 'me' is strictly the objective case (used as a direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition), whereas 'I' is the subjective case; a common hypercorrection occurs in coordinate phrases like 'between you and I,' where 'between you and me' is grammatically required.

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mcway
mdma
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Word Origin & Etymology

From Old English 'me' (dative) and 'mec' (accusative), derived from Proto-Germanic *meke and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European oblique first-person singular root *me- (cognate with Latin 'me', Ancient Greek 'eme', and Sanskrit 'ma').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Me. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/me
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