EE is a vowel team that says /ē/, as in “beet”.

Vowel team EE can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a syllable or word.

When marking EE, use a macron or long dash above.

/ē/, /ē/, /ē/, beet

When EE is at the end of a multisyllable word and is describing a type of person, it is acting as a suffix, as in “absentee”.