3-letter words containing e
- 'em — 'em is an informal way of saying or writing them.
- -ed — -ed is added to verbs to form their past tense or their past participle. If the verb ends in e, one of the e's is dropped. If the verb ends in y, the y is usually changed to i.
- -ee — indicating a person who is the recipient of an action (as opposed, esp in legal terminology, to the agent, indicated by -or or -er)
- -en — cause to be; become; cause to have
- -er — You add -er to many short adjectives to form comparatives. For example, the comparative of 'nice' is 'nicer'; the comparative of 'happy' is 'happier'. You also add it to some adverbs that do not end in -ly. For example, the comparative of 'soon' is 'sooner'.
- -es — forming the plural of nouns ending in the sounds ( (s) ; s) ), (; z) ; z) ), (; ʃ) ; sh) ), and (; tʃ) ; ch) ): an apostrophe can then be added to form the possessive plural
- -et — small or lesser
- -ey — -y3
- -ie — small or little (person or thing specified)
- -le — denoting repeated or continuous action, often of a diminutive nature
- abe — Abraham ("Abe") 1860–1951, U.S. novelist and journalist, born in Russia.
- ace — An ace is a playing card with a single symbol on it. In most card games, the ace of a particular suit has either the highest or the lowest value of the cards in that suit.
- ade — George1866-1944; U.S. humorist
- aea — Atomic Energy Authority
- aec — Atomic Energy Commission
- aed — Automated Engineering Design
- aef — American Expeditionary Force (or Forces)
- aes — any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
- aeu — (formerly in Britain) Amalgamated Engineering Union
- aew — airborne early warning (aircraft)
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- ake — a small hardwood New Zealand tree, Dodonea viscosa, with silver leaves and reddish bark
- ale — Ale is a kind of strong beer.
- ame — a soul
- ane — one
- ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
- are — Are is the plural and the second person singular of the present tense of the verb be1. Are is often shortened to -'re after pronouns in spoken English.
- ase — American Stock Exchange
- ate — Ate is the past tense of eat.
- aue — an exclamation of pain, distress, or astonishment
- ave — the salutation “ave.”.
- awe — Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
- axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- aye — Aye means yes; used in some dialects of British English.
- aze — (UK dialectal, Scotland) A blazing fire.
- b/e — bill of exchange
- b2e — business to employee: denoting trade between a company and its employers
- bae — an affectionate term used to address or refer to one’s girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, etc.: I love you, bae.
- bce — Non-Christians often use BCE instead of BC in dates. BCE indicates a number of years or centuries before the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born. BCE is an abbreviation for 'before the Common Era.' Compare AD, , BC.
- bde — brigade
- be- — Be- can be added to a noun followed by an '-ed' suffix to form an adjective that indicates that a person is covered with or wearing the thing named.
- bea — British European Airways
- bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
- bee — A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting.
- bef — British Expeditionary Force, the British armies that served in France and Belgium 1914–18 and in France 1939–40
- beg — If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- bel — a unit for comparing two power levels, equal to the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the two powers
- bem — British Empire Medal
- ben — an inner room in a house or cottage
- ber — 1. (protocol, standard) Basic Encoding Rules. 2. (communications) Bit Error Rate.
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