Definition of -ee suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ee

suffix

/iː/

in nouns

a person affected by an action
- employee
compare -er, -or

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a person described as something or doing an action
- absentee
- refugee
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Suffixes
- -able
- -age
- -al
- -ance
- -ant
- -arian
- -ary
- -dom
- -ee
- -er
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -fold
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify
- -ion
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ista
- -ite
- -itis
- -ize
- -less
- -let
- -ling
- -ly
- -ment
- -most
- -ness
- -oid
- -or
- -ous
- -ship

Word Originfrom Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns (e.g. refugee from réfugié).

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Nearby words

ripple effect

noun

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Change, cause and effect

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