mine
1
[ mahyn ]
/ maɪn /
pronoun
a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective: The yellow sweater is mine.
something that belongs to me: Mine is the red car.
Archaic.
my (used before a word beginning with a vowel or a silent h, or following a noun): mine eyes; lady mine.
Words nearby mine
Definition for mine (2 of 4)
mine
2
[ mahyn ]
/ maɪn /
noun
verb (used without object), mined, min·ing.
verb (used with object), mined, min·ing.
Origin of mine
2
1275–1325; 1875–80
for def 5; (v.) Middle English
minen < Old French
miner (cognate with Provençal, Spanish
minar, Italian
minare) < Vulgar Latin
*mīnāre, probably < a Celtic base
*mein-; compare MIr
méin, Welsh
mwyn ore, mineral; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, perhaps noun derivative of
miner; compare Medieval Latin
mina mine, mineral
OTHER WORDS FROM mine
un·mined, adjectiveDefinition for mine (3 of 4)
I
[ ahy ]
/ aɪ /
pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
noun, plural I's.
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
Metaphysics.
the ego.
Origin of I
before 900; Middle English
ik, ich, i; Old English
ic, ih; cognate with German
ich, Old Norse
ek, Latin
ego, Greek
egṓ, OCS
azŭ, Lithuanian
aš, Sanskrit
ahám
usage note for I
See
me.
Definition for mine (4 of 4)
Min.E.
Mineral Engineer.
Example sentences from the Web for mine
British Dictionary definitions for mine (1 of 6)
mine
1
/ (maɪn) /
pronoun
something or someone belonging to or associated with me
mine is best
of mine
belonging to or associated with me
determiner
(preceding a vowel) an archaic word for my 1 mine eyes; mine host
Word Origin for mine
Old English
mīn; compare Old High German, Old Norse
mīn, Dutch
mijn
British Dictionary definitions for mine (2 of 6)
mine
2
/ (maɪn) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of mine
minable or mineable, adjectiveWord Origin for mine
C13: from Old French, probably of Celtic origin; compare Irish
mein, Welsh
mwyn ore, mine
British Dictionary definitions for mine (3 of 6)
i
I
/ (aɪ) /
noun plural i's, I's or Is
the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
- something shaped like an I
- (in combination)an I-beam
dot the i's and cross the t's
to pay meticulous attention to detail
British Dictionary definitions for mine (4 of 6)
i
symbol for
the imaginary number √–1
Also called: j
British Dictionary definitions for mine (5 of 6)
I
1
/ (aɪ) /
pronoun
(subjective)
refers to the speaker or writer
Word Origin for I
C12: reduced form of Old English
ic; compare Old Saxon
ik, Old High German
ih, Sanskrit
ahám
British Dictionary definitions for mine (6 of 6)
I
2
symbol for
abbreviation for
Italy (international car registration)
Word Origin for I
(for sense 4) from Latin (
aff)
i (
rmo) I affirm
Medical definitions for mine
I
The symbol for the elementiodine
i
The symbol forcurrent
Scientific definitions for mine (1 of 3)
mine
[ mīn ]
An underground excavation in the Earth from which ore, rock, or minerals can be extracted.
Scientific definitions for mine (2 of 3)
i
[ ī ]
The number whose square is equal to -1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.
Scientific definitions for mine (3 of 3)
I
The symbol for electric current.
The symbol for iodine.
Idioms and Phrases with mine (1 of 2)
mine
see back to the salt mines; gold mine; your guess is as good as mine.
Idioms and Phrases with mine (2 of 2)
i
see dot the i's and cross the t's.