my1 determinermy2 interjection
mymy1 /maɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone owns something
if something belongs to someone, they own it: · This watch belonged to my grandfather.· Who does that Walkman belong to?· A car believed to belong to the bank robbers was found abandoned yesterday.
formal to belong to someone - often written on books, clothes etc to show who owns them: · This hymn book is the property of Pitt Street Methodist Church.· If he defaults on the loan, the land will become the property of the bank.
if something is mine/yours/John's etc , it belongs to me, you, John etc: · "Hey, that's my pen!" - "Sorry! I didn't know it was yours."· "Whose bike is that?" "It's Martin's."· The money wasn't Sara's to lend you in the first place (=Sara didn't have the right to lend it).
belonging to me, you, him etc: · Please can you move your car? It's blocking my driveway.· I've got a problem with my dishwasher.· My grandmother lives near your place -- just around the corner in fact.
belonging to you and not to anyone else: · You can rent skis or you can bring your own.· Joe left the company to set up his own business.
: a room/car/computer etc of your own one that belongs to you and no one else, especially when this is something you want to own: · Our neighbours let us use their garage, but we really need one of our own.· The charity provides accommodation for homeless people, and helps them find homes of their own.
belonging only to you - used especially in official contexts: somebody's personal possessions/property/belongings: · The dead man's personal possessions were sent back to his family.my/their etc own personal: · You can arm and disarm the alarm system using your own personal access code.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Even my own family wouldn’t believe me. an apartment of my ownCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Do me a favour and get off my back! Since I’m my own boss (=I work for myself, rather than for an employer), my hours are flexible. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Come along, my dear, take a seat. I’m looking forward to retirement and having time to enjoy the fruits of my labour (=the results of my hard work). I grew up here; I know the place like the back of my hand (=I know it very well). I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). It is important, in my submission, that a wider view of the matter be taken.
Even my own family wouldn’t believe me. an apartment of my own (=used when you feel very sorry)· Firstly, my sincere apologies for not having contacted you earlier.· ‘I have been guilty of making some insensitive remarks,’ said Wright, who offered his profound apologies to everyone concerned.
Do me a favour and get off my back!· It is my belief that most teachers are doing a good job.
(=said when you wish you had not told someone a secret)
Since I’m my own boss (=I work for myself, rather than for an employer), my hours are flexible. (=used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it)
I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Come along, my dear, take a seat. informal (=my feet are hurting)
I’m looking forward to retirement and having time to enjoy the fruits of my labour (=the results of my hard work).· I consider myself a typical Japanese woman of my generation.
· My guess is there won’t be many people there.
I grew up here; I know the place like the back of my hand (=I know it very well). (=used to say that you are almost certain you have remembered something correctly)· If my memory serves me correctly, Johnson was also there.
(=used to emphasize how bad something was) Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated.
Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated. (=used when giving your opinion, especially when you want to emphasize what you are about to say)· In my humble opinion, he is the greatest sportsman Britain has produced.
(=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly) To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes. No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved.
To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes. No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved. I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). It is important, in my submission, that a wider view of the matter be taken. (=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone)· It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.
formal (=used to formally express sympathy)· Our sympathy goes out to Peggy in her great loss.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► my goodness/my God etcPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► my arse!► not in my backyard► my bad!► my/her etc beloved► my mind’s a blank► bless my soul/I’ll be blessed!► my word is my bond► old boy/my dear boy► somebody/something makes my flesh creep► never darken my door again► make my day► Elementary, my dear Watson.► get out of my face► ... my foot!► pardon/excuse my French► my honourable friend► my learned friend► God/oh (my) God/good God/God almighty► God/oh (my) God/good God (almighty)► Nearer my God to Thee► my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me!► a man/woman etc after my own heart► my heart was in my mouth► the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member► my humble apologies► I’m only/just doing my job► it’s more than my job’s worth► my head/back etc is killing me► kiss my ass► knowing my luck► love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love► if you don’t mind my saying so/if you don’t mind me asking► me and my big mouth/you and your big mouth etc► pardon my ignorance/rudeness etc► pardon my French► read my lips► my sainted aunt!► you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours► bless my soul/upon my soul► I’d stake my life on it► that’s the story of my life► your/her/my etc Sunday best► on (my) tippytoes► your wish is my command► my/his/your etc word► (Upon) my word!
1used by the person who is speaking to show that something belongs to or is connected with himself or herself: - Anabelle, my dear, you must try some.
- Hence my love for film and my desire to make films as a director and... actor.
- Oh, and give this bottle of Krug with my love to Charity when you see her.
- The measure of my outrage and anger was the measure of my love for you.
- Then, my dear Summerlee, it is that most wonderful of devices: a perpetual motion machine!
- I made a decision, or rather I hedged my bets.
- Maybe, I tell myself, I was really hedging my bets.
- Well, in my book, if you steal, you deserve to get caught.
- But they accuse me of lying in my book.
- C., in my book, is U. S. Sen.
- During his stay he took much interest in my books and asked to borrow one.
- I put this down in my book.
- So I put everything in my book, such-and-such-a-thing, such-and-such-a-thing.
- So I went on until just after refreshment time: Spoke to Mr so-and-so - lots of things in my book.
- These stages are described in more detail in my books First Feelings and Playground Politics.
- Which is just ducky, in my book.
- OK, OK, just get off my case, will you?
- I didn't take it, cross my heart!
- You'll marry him over my dead body!
- Father gives the bridal sermon over my dead body.
- If the Democrats win, I'll eat my hat!
- A diamond necklace my eye! That was glass!
- In my opinion Anna acted more childishly but through no fault of her own.
- So, through no fault of my own, I was at a loose end quite a bit.
- But the little game's over, my girl.
- Don't you take him home, my girl.
- It's not what you think, my girl, it's what the man thinks.
- Not really your fault, my girl.
- That's put you in your place, my girl.
- This won't do, my girl.
- "Could I use your phone?" "Be my guest."
- "Do you mind if I sit here?'' "Be my guest.''
- "Is it all right if I call my parents?" "Be my guest."
- For the moment you are my guest.
- Oh, hell, be my guest.
- You were my guest, remember?
- I take my hat off to those front row men.
- Jan starts hers at four, for which I take my hat off to her.
- Whatever it was though, I take my hat off to Babs.
- "He says he can't come out tonight because he has to look after the kids." "My heart bleeds! That must be the first time he's stayed in with them since they were born!"
- My heart bleeds for those poor children.
- You can't afford a third car? My heart bleeds!
- Excellently done nevertheless, in my humble opinion.
- In my humble opinion, he should not be called upon for such justification.
- In my humble opinion, Sarah is not so much interested in old relationships as new.
- Fear not my lips are sealed.
- I've been looking for an excuse to cut my lord Heuil out of the pack, and now you give me this.
- I fear he is not in such sound health as you may think, my lord.
- Look at him, my Lord.
- No, my lord, I beg you keep this thing secret.
- Sometimes there is love - indeed I loved my lord dearly.
- Visitors to Manchester Arena are greeted with a large crowd, singing, Kum ba yah, my Lord.
- You're not - Oh, my Lord and Saviour!
- A little gift from my loving man.
- All my love and kisses, Sue Marion put the letter in her bag, ready to take to work tomorrow.
- Hence my love for film and my desire to make films as a director and... actor.
- I meant to tell you earlier, my love.
- I need you now, my love.
- I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.
- The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled.
- Just my luck! The one vacation I take all year, and I have to get sick.
- Married, is he? Just my luck.
- Great, I thought to myself, just my luck.
- It was just my luck to have bags made of light nylon, weighing in at ten kilos in total.
- No chance, I thought, just my luck the clocks aren't working.
- As for fitzAlan ... did you think killing three of my men would go unnoticed?
- But my man fires his gun.
- But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?
- Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
- I called my men to drive them back.
- I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.
- I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.
- But my man fires his gun.
- But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?
- Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
- Hum-m-m, I just lo-o-ve my men in uniform.
- I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.
- I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.
- Six of my men were killed in one spot near me.
- You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours.
- Mark my words, that relationship won't last.
- As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience, my trepidation returned.
- But in my mind I suffered.
- But not quickly enough to my mind.
- I always had something like this in my mind, that something like that was going to happen.
- One boy,, really sticks out in my mind.
- Stark Nude had been an angelic sprite of a girl who in my mind will for ever be 6 and eating jelly beans.
- They are horribly expensive but to my mind they are the best.
- With Amantani fresh in my mind it seemed to me that more than the cattle were tethered here.
- For my money, it's one of the most romantic places in Hawaii.
- And this for my money is what Peace Corps is all about.
- I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out.
- I went to the telegraph office of the railroad for my money order from New York.
- Lee's one of the chosen and he's one of the damned, for my money.
- Even the madmen wouldn't have him in real life, I 'd put money on it.
- Personally, I 'd put my money on accidental death without a second thought.
- The smart money is on the A's to win the series.
- Curtis, for his part, wished he felt as confident as he had tried to sound.
- Gates, for his part, says he tries not to stray too far from talking about technology.
- I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that.
- I, for my part, would take the second of the two roads.
- Kennedy, for his part, seemed open to the reasonable accommodation.
- Mr McLean, for his part, will offer a guilty plea to the charge of actual bodily harm.
- My grandfather, for his part, had found lodgings for the two boys through an advertisement in a church magazine.
- Nick, for his part, really wants to live.
- "Thanks for coming." "My pleasure."
- It's not my problem if she won't listen to reason.
- And was his name mentioned anywhere this week following Dublin's defeat? I rest my case.
- Industry and nature in harmony? I rest my case.
- It is a proven fact, however, that prolonged high altitude reduces intelligence. I rest my case.
- Now how many carbons? I rest my case.
- Should anyone remain unconvinced, I rest my case on the Leaning Tower of Pisa syndrome.
- These others stand on something they said. I rest my case on what I did.
- Well I rest my case on that one.
- Thanks for the ride - you really saved my life.
- And because of this he has paid the price for my sins and your sins.
- I am Araminta Merchiston, Lady Merchiston's daughter - for my sins!
- And my son will probably be just like you.
- How much compassion would I have toward Duncan Fleming if it were my son who was killed?
- However, in the spring of 1977 an offer was made, which my son accepted.
- I had my son, yet I was lonely.
- I often read aloud to my sons the nonfiction books that support their school studies.
- Mr Shepherd appeared in my office with my son - said he'd found him roaming about the factory.
- What about it, Gabriel my son?
- And after the cheeseboard, my sweet tooth's nagging, so I need another great big stodgy wedge of Blackforest Gateau.
- And as for all that rubbish about my sweet face ...
- And you are still asleep, my sweet friend.
- But definitely no talking, Cassie, my sweet.
- I show my palms and turn on my sweetest Bugs Bunny grin.
- On these premises you are mine, my sweet.
- Salad, greens and sweet potatoes, just the way my sweet nephew likes them, cut small before they get baked.
- Well, a few of my sweet old ladies are going to have palpitations.
- Let's go out for dinner - my treat this time.
- We get ice cream every Friday - that's my treat.
- Barkeley gets my vote for sexiest man of the decade.
- Pans and scans: Rowdy Gaines gets my vote as best analyst at these Games thus far.
- If I had my way, there'd be a baseball game every day of the year.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
Have you seen my car keys? My mother phoned last night. I’m sure you don’t want to listen to all my problems. Even my own family wouldn’t believe me. an apartment of my own2 my goodness/my God etc used when you are surprised or shocked about something: Oh my God! I’ve missed the train.3 my dear/darling/love etc used when talking or writing to someone that you love or like a lot: Happy Birthday, my love.my1 determinermy2 interjection
mymy2 interjection EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- My! Is all this yours, Tom?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY ‘It’s 3.30.’ ‘Oh my, I’m going to be late!’COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Do me a favour and get off my back! Since I’m my own boss (=I work for myself, rather than for an employer), my hours are flexible. I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Come along, my dear, take a seat. I’m looking forward to retirement and having time to enjoy the fruits of my labour (=the results of my hard work). I grew up here; I know the place like the back of my hand (=I know it very well). I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). It is important, in my submission, that a wider view of the matter be taken.
‘It’s 3.30.’ ‘Oh my, I’m going to be late!’ (=used when you feel very sorry)· Firstly, my sincere apologies for not having contacted you earlier.· ‘I have been guilty of making some insensitive remarks,’ said Wright, who offered his profound apologies to everyone concerned.
Do me a favour and get off my back!· It is my belief that most teachers are doing a good job.
(=said when you wish you had not told someone a secret)
Since I’m my own boss (=I work for myself, rather than for an employer), my hours are flexible. (=used to tell someone you have thought of the thing they are suggesting, or have never thought of it)
I’d love to be a professional writer, but I’m not giving up my day job just yet. Come along, my dear, take a seat. informal (=my feet are hurting)
I’m looking forward to retirement and having time to enjoy the fruits of my labour (=the results of my hard work).· I consider myself a typical Japanese woman of my generation.
· My guess is there won’t be many people there.
I grew up here; I know the place like the back of my hand (=I know it very well). (=used to say that you are almost certain you have remembered something correctly)· If my memory serves me correctly, Johnson was also there.
(=used to emphasize how bad something was) Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated.
Never in all my life have I felt so humiliated. (=used when giving your opinion, especially when you want to emphasize what you are about to say)· In my humble opinion, he is the greatest sportsman Britain has produced.
(=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly) To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes. No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved.
To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes. No one, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved. I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). It is important, in my submission, that a wider view of the matter be taken. (=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone)· It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.
formal (=used to formally express sympathy)· Our sympathy goes out to Peggy in her great loss.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► my arse!► not in my backyard► my bad!► my/her etc beloved► my mind’s a blank► bless my soul/I’ll be blessed!► my word is my bond► old boy/my dear boy► somebody/something makes my flesh creep► never darken my door again► make my day► Elementary, my dear Watson.► get out of my face► ... my foot!► pardon/excuse my French► my honourable friend► my learned friend► God/oh (my) God/good God/God almighty► God/oh (my) God/good God (almighty)► Nearer my God to Thee► my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me!► a man/woman etc after my own heart► my heart was in my mouth► the Honourable Gentleman/the Honourable Lady/my Honourable Friend/the Honourable Member► my humble apologies► I’m only/just doing my job► it’s more than my job’s worth► my head/back etc is killing me► kiss my ass► knowing my luck► love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love► if you don’t mind my saying so/if you don’t mind me asking► me and my big mouth/you and your big mouth etc► pardon my ignorance/rudeness etc► pardon my French► read my lips► my sainted aunt!► you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours► bless my soul/upon my soul► I’d stake my life on it► that’s the story of my life► your/her/my etc Sunday best► on (my) tippytoes► your wish is my command► my/his/your etc word► (Upon) my word!
used when you are surprised, impressed, or upset: - I made a decision, or rather I hedged my bets.
- Maybe, I tell myself, I was really hedging my bets.
- Well, in my book, if you steal, you deserve to get caught.
- But they accuse me of lying in my book.
- C., in my book, is U. S. Sen.
- During his stay he took much interest in my books and asked to borrow one.
- I put this down in my book.
- So I put everything in my book, such-and-such-a-thing, such-and-such-a-thing.
- So I went on until just after refreshment time: Spoke to Mr so-and-so - lots of things in my book.
- These stages are described in more detail in my books First Feelings and Playground Politics.
- Which is just ducky, in my book.
- OK, OK, just get off my case, will you?
- I didn't take it, cross my heart!
- You'll marry him over my dead body!
- Father gives the bridal sermon over my dead body.
- If the Democrats win, I'll eat my hat!
- A diamond necklace my eye! That was glass!
- In my opinion Anna acted more childishly but through no fault of her own.
- So, through no fault of my own, I was at a loose end quite a bit.
- But the little game's over, my girl.
- Don't you take him home, my girl.
- It's not what you think, my girl, it's what the man thinks.
- Not really your fault, my girl.
- That's put you in your place, my girl.
- This won't do, my girl.
- "Could I use your phone?" "Be my guest."
- "Do you mind if I sit here?'' "Be my guest.''
- "Is it all right if I call my parents?" "Be my guest."
- For the moment you are my guest.
- Oh, hell, be my guest.
- You were my guest, remember?
- I take my hat off to those front row men.
- Jan starts hers at four, for which I take my hat off to her.
- Whatever it was though, I take my hat off to Babs.
- "He says he can't come out tonight because he has to look after the kids." "My heart bleeds! That must be the first time he's stayed in with them since they were born!"
- My heart bleeds for those poor children.
- You can't afford a third car? My heart bleeds!
- Excellently done nevertheless, in my humble opinion.
- In my humble opinion, he should not be called upon for such justification.
- In my humble opinion, Sarah is not so much interested in old relationships as new.
- Fear not my lips are sealed.
- I've been looking for an excuse to cut my lord Heuil out of the pack, and now you give me this.
- I fear he is not in such sound health as you may think, my lord.
- Look at him, my Lord.
- No, my lord, I beg you keep this thing secret.
- Sometimes there is love - indeed I loved my lord dearly.
- Visitors to Manchester Arena are greeted with a large crowd, singing, Kum ba yah, my Lord.
- You're not - Oh, my Lord and Saviour!
- A little gift from my loving man.
- All my love and kisses, Sue Marion put the letter in her bag, ready to take to work tomorrow.
- Hence my love for film and my desire to make films as a director and... actor.
- I meant to tell you earlier, my love.
- I need you now, my love.
- I should hate to give the impression that my love for you is but thinly disguised lust.
- The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled.
- Just my luck! The one vacation I take all year, and I have to get sick.
- Married, is he? Just my luck.
- Great, I thought to myself, just my luck.
- It was just my luck to have bags made of light nylon, weighing in at ten kilos in total.
- No chance, I thought, just my luck the clocks aren't working.
- As for fitzAlan ... did you think killing three of my men would go unnoticed?
- But my man fires his gun.
- But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?
- Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
- I called my men to drive them back.
- I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.
- I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.
- But my man fires his gun.
- But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood?
- Hey Timmy, how are you, my man?
- Hum-m-m, I just lo-o-ve my men in uniform.
- I decided like a good captain to remain with my men.
- I heard my men going after him with their guns - and then everything went black.
- Six of my men were killed in one spot near me.
- You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours.
- Mark my words, that relationship won't last.
- As I took in the traffic thundering by beneath me and relived in my mind my alarming experience, my trepidation returned.
- But in my mind I suffered.
- But not quickly enough to my mind.
- I always had something like this in my mind, that something like that was going to happen.
- One boy,, really sticks out in my mind.
- Stark Nude had been an angelic sprite of a girl who in my mind will for ever be 6 and eating jelly beans.
- They are horribly expensive but to my mind they are the best.
- With Amantani fresh in my mind it seemed to me that more than the cattle were tethered here.
- For my money, it's one of the most romantic places in Hawaii.
- And this for my money is what Peace Corps is all about.
- I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out.
- I went to the telegraph office of the railroad for my money order from New York.
- Lee's one of the chosen and he's one of the damned, for my money.
- Even the madmen wouldn't have him in real life, I 'd put money on it.
- Personally, I 'd put my money on accidental death without a second thought.
- The smart money is on the A's to win the series.
- Curtis, for his part, wished he felt as confident as he had tried to sound.
- Gates, for his part, says he tries not to stray too far from talking about technology.
- I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that.
- I, for my part, would take the second of the two roads.
- Kennedy, for his part, seemed open to the reasonable accommodation.
- Mr McLean, for his part, will offer a guilty plea to the charge of actual bodily harm.
- My grandfather, for his part, had found lodgings for the two boys through an advertisement in a church magazine.
- Nick, for his part, really wants to live.
- "Thanks for coming." "My pleasure."
- It's not my problem if she won't listen to reason.
- And was his name mentioned anywhere this week following Dublin's defeat? I rest my case.
- Industry and nature in harmony? I rest my case.
- It is a proven fact, however, that prolonged high altitude reduces intelligence. I rest my case.
- Now how many carbons? I rest my case.
- Should anyone remain unconvinced, I rest my case on the Leaning Tower of Pisa syndrome.
- These others stand on something they said. I rest my case on what I did.
- Well I rest my case on that one.
- Thanks for the ride - you really saved my life.
- And because of this he has paid the price for my sins and your sins.
- I am Araminta Merchiston, Lady Merchiston's daughter - for my sins!
- And my son will probably be just like you.
- How much compassion would I have toward Duncan Fleming if it were my son who was killed?
- However, in the spring of 1977 an offer was made, which my son accepted.
- I had my son, yet I was lonely.
- I often read aloud to my sons the nonfiction books that support their school studies.
- Mr Shepherd appeared in my office with my son - said he'd found him roaming about the factory.
- What about it, Gabriel my son?
- And after the cheeseboard, my sweet tooth's nagging, so I need another great big stodgy wedge of Blackforest Gateau.
- And as for all that rubbish about my sweet face ...
- And you are still asleep, my sweet friend.
- But definitely no talking, Cassie, my sweet.
- I show my palms and turn on my sweetest Bugs Bunny grin.
- On these premises you are mine, my sweet.
- Salad, greens and sweet potatoes, just the way my sweet nephew likes them, cut small before they get baked.
- Well, a few of my sweet old ladies are going to have palpitations.
- Let's go out for dinner - my treat this time.
- We get ice cream every Friday - that's my treat.
- Barkeley gets my vote for sexiest man of the decade.
- Pans and scans: Rowdy Gaines gets my vote as best analyst at these Games thus far.
- If I had my way, there'd be a baseball game every day of the year.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
My! Look at the size of that tree! ‘It’s 3.30.’ ‘Oh my, I’m going to be late!’