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Thee vs Tee - What's the difference?

thee | tee |

As verbs the difference between thee and tee

is that thee is to address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou while tee is to draw; lead.

As nouns the difference between thee and tee

is that thee is the name of the letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound {{IPA|/ð/|lang=en}} in Pitman shorthand while tee is something shaped like the letter {{term|T}}. Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.

As a pronoun thee

is Objective case of thou.

thee

English

(wikipedia thee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) thee, the, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Pronoun

  • (archaic, literary)
  • * 1598 , Shakespeare, Henry IV part 1 , 1.2.49-50:
    • Prince Henry: Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part?
    Falstaff: No; I'll give thee thy due, thou hast paid all there.
  • *
  • (Quaker, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch English) Thou.
  • * Thee is a little strange, I think.
    • Usage notes
    When used in place of the nominative thou, thee uses the third-person singular form of verbs (see example at "quotations").

    Verb

  • To address (somebody) as "thee"; to thou.
    • See also
    (English personal pronouns)

    Statistics

    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

  • To thrive; prosper.
  • * Spenser
    • Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    : From Pitman zee , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter ?( ?, which stands for the th sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * ith * eth, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

    * English personal pronouns ----

    tee

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shaped like the letter (T). Found in compounds such as tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed.
    • angles and tees
  • T-shirt
    • See also
    *
    Derived terms
    * teevee

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) teen, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To draw; lead.
  • (obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
    • Derived terms
    * betee * fortee
    Related terms
    * tow * tug * wanton

    Etymology 3

    First attested in the 17th century with the form teaz.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • (golf, baseball) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit.
  • (curling) The target area of a curling rink
  • The mark at which players aim in quoits.
    • Derived terms
    * tee ball * tee off * tee on * tee up

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To place a ball on a tee
  • * {{quote-book, 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf citation
    • , passage=If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.}}
    Synonyms
    * tee up

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----