Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Internet)To damage someone's ego.

Examples

89 sentences

  1. What an ego!

    Яке его! — deniko

    ruКакое эго! — odexed

    deWas für ein Ego! — Yorwba

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  2. Tom has a very large ego.

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  3. Tom has a big ego problem.

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  4. Tom has a huge ego.

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  5. Tom has a big ego.

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of

Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.

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Forms

egos, egoing, egoed, egoed
Base formego · to ego
3rd person singularegos
Present participleegoing
Past simpleegoed / ego'd
Past participleegoed / ego'd

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyego
he, she, itegos

Past simpleLesson

all personsegoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave egoed
he, she, ithas egoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ego

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eggnogeggplanteggshellegocentricegoismegoist
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