David Bollmann

Me abbreviation • Maine. • Maître (title of a French advocate). me |miː| pronoun [ first person singular ] 1 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition : do you understand me? | wait for me! Compare with I 2 . • used after the verb “to be” and after “than” or “as” : hi, it's me | you have more than me. • informal to or for myself : I've got me a job. 2 informal used in exclamations : dear me! | silly me! PHRASES me and mine my relatives. ORIGIN Old English mē, accusative and dative of I 2 , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mij, German mir (dative), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin me, Greek (e)me, and Sanskrit mā. USAGE 1 Traditional grammar teaches that it is correct to say : between you and me and incorrect to say : between you and I . For details, see usage at between . 2 Which of the following is correct: : you have more than me or : you have more than I ? See usage at personal pronoun . ME abbreviation •