Used in a Sentence

alfred

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for alfred.

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Well, Kato is really the Green Hornet’s Valet/Sidekick, like a combo of Alfred + Robin for Batman.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A male given name from Old English.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of alfred gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name from Old English.

noun

A town, the county seat of York County, Maine, United States.

noun

A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for alfred.

noun

A male given name from Old English.

noun

A town, the county seat of York County, Maine, United States.

noun

A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.

noun

A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.

Example sentences

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Well, Kato is really the Green Hornet’s Valet/Sidekick, like a combo of Alfred + Robin for Batman.

2

Richard Siegmund Lindzen (born February 8, 1940, Webster, Massachusetts) is an American atmospheric physicist and Alfred P.

3

Oh, and it integrates quite nicely with Alfred and Sublime Text:) Kudos to 'kapeli for building some very useful, usable software.

4

Darwin didn't publish until 1858, when Alfred Wallace had begun to rediscover Darwin's theories.

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Well, the foundation that manages the prize money fund operate according to the will of Alfred Nobel, and they can't add any prize.

6

I barely use Alfred that much and that's mapped to the similar-but-different option+space (Spotlight is mapped to command+space by default).

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If this kind of functionality could extend Alfred (or Quicksilver?), there would be no question that this would see relatively regular use from me.

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If you're really interested in the topic, Jeff Ulman (who with Alfred Aho wrote the book on automata) teaches a course on automata via Coursera.

9

I just double tap home and can search my apps like Alfred on OSX, I think that's a Nova launcher thing.

10

Brian Chesky: Yes Alfred Lin: Do you have a good brand?

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The IQ test was invented by Alfred Binet as a way of identifying people who were having trouble in school because they were mentally slow.

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Brian Chesky: Yes Alfred Lin: Do you have network effects?

Quote examples

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However, you could do something like the economy prize which is actually awarded by the Swedish national bank, and is "in memory of Alfred Nobel".

2

For 90+% of the things Alfred does, I find myself thinking "oh that's pretty neat", but I simply can't make it go into my workflow.

3

Pet peeve of mine: It's actually the "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences" or "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel".

4

I use Alfred too, almost entirely just to do "Sleep" and "Lock", which Spotlight - for no very good reason - doesn't let you do.

Proper noun examples

1

Alfred Lin: Let me preface that question with a series of questions.

2

And then you have things like workflows in Alfred.

3

If Spotlight could do those, I'd uninstall Alfred: even though it does many wondrous things, I just never remember to use it to do them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use alfred in a sentence?

Well, Kato is really the Green Hornet’s Valet/Sidekick, like a combo of Alfred + Robin for Batman.

What does alfred mean?

A male given name from Old English.

What part of speech is alfred?

alfred is commonly used as noun.