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- [lee]
- /li/
- /liː/
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- [lee]
- /li/
Definitions of lee word
- noun lee Ann, 1736–84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in U.S. 1
- noun lee Charles, 1731–82, American Revolutionary general, born in England. 1
- noun lee Doris Emrick [em-rik] /ˈɛm rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1905–1986, U.S. painter. 1
- noun lee Fitzhugh [fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo,, fits-hyoo or, often, -yoo] /ˈfɪtsˌhyu or, often, -ˌyu,, fɪtsˈhyu or, often, -ˈyu/ (Show IPA), 1835–1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee). 1
- noun lee Francis Lightfoot [lahyt-foo t] /ˈlaɪtˌfʊt/ (Show IPA), 1734–97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee). 1
- noun lee Gypsy Rose (Rose Louise Hovick) 1914–70, U.S. entertainer. 1
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Origin of lee
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlēo(w) shelter, cognate with Old Frisian hli, hly, Old Saxon hleo, Old Norse hlé
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Parts of speech for Lee
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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lee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lee
noun lee
- sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- top — Technical/Office Protocol
- surface — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
Antonyms for lee
noun lee
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
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