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Maɪ Determiner Bre Passport Feet Cold Goodness Time

Word my
WordType (determiner)
Phonetic BrE / maɪ / NAmE / maɪ /
Example
  • where's my passport?
  • my feet are cold.
  • my goodness! look at the time!
  • my dear/darling/love
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my

(determiner)BrE / maɪ / NAmE / maɪ /
  1. of or belonging to the speaker or writer
    • Where's my passport?
    • My feet are cold.
  2. used in exclamations to express surprise, etc.
    • My goodness! Look at the time!
  3. used when addressing somebody, to show affection
    • my dear/darling/love
  4. used when addressing somebody that you consider to have a lower status than you
    • My dear girl, you're wrong.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English mi (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from min, from Old English mīn, of Germanic origin.
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