thee

C2+ Topic:Grammar & Function Words

US /ði/ UK /ðiː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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pron
archaic objective form of thou, meaning you (singular)

I shall always remember thee, the poet wrote to his beloved.

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Synonyms

1 pron · archaic objective form of... you thou

Word family

Related forms thou thy thine thyself

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Proverbs (1)

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Drive thy business, let not that drive thee

Etymology

From Old English the, the dative and accusative form of thu ('thou'), from Proto-Germanic *thek, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu.

the Old English *thek Proto-Germanic *tu Proto-Indo-European

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# thee

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** pron
**IPA (US):** /ði/
**IPA (UK):** /ðiː/

## Meanings
1. archaic objective form of thou, meaning you (singular)

## Examples
- I shall always remember thee, the poet wrote to his beloved.

## Synonyms
- you
- thou

## Related Forms
- thou
- thy
- thine
- thyself

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: the
- Root: *thek
- Root: *tu

## Etymology
From Old English the, the dative and accusative form of thu ('thou'), from Proto-Germanic *thek, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu.

## AI Etymology
Thee is from Old English the, the dative and accusative form of thu ('thou'), from Proto-Germanic *thek, from the Proto-Indo-European second-person singular pronoun *tu. Important recorded forms include the (Old English), *thek (Proto-Germanic), and *tu (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers archaic objective form of thou, meaning you (singular). The wider family includes related words such as thou, thy, thine, and thyself.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words
- Register & Style

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