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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Jeremiah

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Examples

  • I listed to the recording and noticed it was actually in French "Je suis dans ma période".

    On linguistic dreams DC 2010

  • " Then, laboriously in French: "Je crois qua vous avez un erreur.

    Murder on the Orient Express Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1933

  • Below are some videoclips of his song LOVE, in English and French versions the latter entitled Je Ne Repartirai Pas.

    Nat “King” Cole – Love in any Language - A Tribute Rene Meertens 2010

  • The first recipe I spotted this week that made me go "wow" was on a blog I recently discovered called Je Mange la Ville, where Michelle used chicken, blueberries, feta, and penne pasta to create a Blueberry Pasta Salad that sounds intriguing.

    South Beach Recipes of the Week #5 I'm Having Fun At Blogher! Kalyn Denny 2006

  • Her ear was six inches from my mouth and she was wearing a scent called Je Reviens, which is the weapon of choice of Penelope's younger sister Gail.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Her ear was six inches from my mouth and she was wearing a scent called Je Reviens, which is the weapon of choice of Penelope's younger sister Gail.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • Into the Other Plane Far, far away in the depths of the Second Galaxy, on a planet defiantly called Je-Jarnevon, or "Jarnevon Again," a number of Eich, as was their wont, had formed a council.

    The Dragon Lensman Kyle, David, 1919- 1981

  • Of these pieces a particularly tender and touching one-act play called Je dine chez ma Mere remains in my memory.

    My Life — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848

  • The pair then proceeded to the temple for a ceremony broadcast live on national television, save for a few minutes when the king, his father and the cleric, known as the Je Khenpo, entered the sacred tomb of Zhabdrung, where only they are allowed.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • If in the above situation of the tongue and palate a sound be produced in the mouth, as in the letter Ga; and the sonorous air be forced between them; the J consonant of the French is formed; which is a sonisibilant letter, as in the word conclusion, confusion, pigeon; it should be called Je, and should have a different character from the vowel i, with which it has an analogy, as thus _V_.

    The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Erasmus Darwin 1766

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