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e-learning
E.M.
e-mail
e-mail address
e-mail shorthand
e-network
E number
e.o.
e.o.m.
e-paper
e pluribus unum
E.Q.
E region
e-strategy
e-tail
e-tailer
e-zine
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e (1)
e [ ee ] (plural e's) or E (plural E's or Es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. 5th letter of English alphabet: the fifth letter of the English alphabet, representing a vowel sound
2. letter "e" written: a written representation of the letter "e"
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