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easygoing

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

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noun

Synonyms

an order publicly issued by an authority //the school board's edict put a new student dress code into effect
Synonyms

bull decree diktat directive fiat rescript ruling ukase
Related Words

call conclusion decision deliverance determination diagnosis judgment (or judgement) opinion resolution verdict
announcement declaration dictum manifesto proclamation pronouncement
canon encyclical
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned //this household's edict of long standing: no television until all homework has been completed
Synonyms

behest charge command commandment decree dictate direction directive do imperative injunction instruction order word
Related Words

demand requirement
mandate
countermand counterorder
law precept prescript prescription rule
ordinance regulation statute
Near Antonyms

appeal entreaty petition plea urging
proposal recommendation suggestion

-ee

noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
person that performs (a specified action) //escapee

noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

one associated with //bargee
a particular especially small kind of //bootee
one resembling or suggestive of //goatee

History and Etymology

Noun Suffix (1)

Middle English -e, from Anglo-French -é, from -é, past participle ending, from Latin -atus

Noun Suffix (2)

probably alteration of -y

eighteen

noun

eigh·teen

(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

a number that is one more than seventeen
— see Table of Numbers

Other Words

eighteen adjective
eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
eighteenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun

First Known Use

before 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten

eleven

noun

elev·en

i-ˈle-vən

-ee

noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
person that performs (a specified action) //escapee

noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

one associated with //bargee
a particular especially small kind of //bootee
one resembling or suggestive of //goatee

History and Etymology

Noun Suffix (1)

Middle English -e, from Anglo-French -é, from -é, past participle ending, from Latin -atus

Noun Suffix (2)

probably alteration of -y

eighteen

noun

eigh·teen

(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

a number that is one more than seventeen
— see Table of Numbers

Other Words

eighteen adjective
eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
eighteenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun

First Known Use

before 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten

eleven

noun

elev·en

i-ˈle-vən

-ee

noun suffix (1)

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

recipient or beneficiary of (a specified action) //appointee //grantee
person furnished with (a specified thing) //patentee
person that performs (a specified action) //escapee

noun suffix (2)

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

one associated with //bargee
a particular especially small kind of //bootee
one resembling or suggestive of //goatee

History and Etymology

Noun Suffix (1)

Middle English -e, from Anglo-French -é, from -é, past participle ending, from Latin -atus

Noun Suffix (2)

probably alteration of -y

eighteen

noun

eigh·teen

(ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn

Definition

a number that is one more than seventeen
— see Table of Numbers

Other Words

eighteen adjective
eighteen pronoun, plural in construction
eighteenth (ˈ)ā(t)-ˈtēn(t)th adjective or noun

First Known Use

before 12th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English eightetene, adjective, from Old English eahtatīene, from eahta + -tīene; akin to Old English tīen ten

eleven

noun

elev·en

i-ˈle-vən