~ 1
■ pronoun [ first person singular ]
1》 used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition.
↘used after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’.
2》 N. A~r. informal to or for myself.
Phrases
~ and mine ~ and my friends and family.
Origin
OE mē , accusative and dative of I 2 , of Gmc origin.
Usage
It is correct to say between you and ~ rather than between you and I : see usage at between .
On whether to say you have more than ~ or you have more than I , see usage at than .
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~ 2
(also mi )
■ noun Music (in tonic sol-fa) the third note of a major scale.
↘the note E in the fixed-doh system.
Origin
ME mi , an arbitrary na~ for the note, taken from the first syllable of mira , from a Latin hymn.