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“Knee” or “Nee”

knee / nee are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

knee n·IY

  • nounhinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
  • nounthe part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee.

nee n·IY

  • adjective(meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
Usage

Examples in context

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“knee”

  • Cameron suffered a serious knee injury while playing for the…
  • …from ringside and hitting Mankind's knee with it three times.
  • …injection in her previously injured knee, forcing her to miss time,…
  • …champion but withdrew with a knee injury before the tournament began…
  • …of the season after his knee became infected following surgery, and…
  • Hansen suffered a serious knee injury during the 2004 European…
  • …men had encamped near Wounded Knee Creek.
  • Knee High Fox
  • They also wear khaki knee high socks with brown laced…
  • Smith suffered a season-ending right knee injury during the second game…

“nee”

  • Sechium mexicanum Lira & M. Nee
  • …Hampton Court Beauties, Frances Myddelton (Nee Whitmore) was known as Lady…
  • Enikkaay nee janichu ... Aasha 1982
  • …and Charlotte Georgine Elisabeth Teichmüller, nee von Girsewaldt.
  • He married Sarah (nee Fisher) 1775.
  • …farmer, and his wife Jane (nee Matthews), and was educated at…
  • Nee Nanna Gellalare (1982)
  • † Mrs Jessie Pigott nee Kemp
  • …of poems called Naan Enum Nee published.
  • Nannu brova nee kinta tāmasamā in Adi tala…

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