Used in a Sentence

asses

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

Editorial note

Of course, if the market is down, it will fail to incentivize people working their asses off to keep the company afloat.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Abbreviation of Assam: a state of India. [A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.]

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Abbreviation of Assam: a state of India. [A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.]

noun

Initialism of Anglo-Saxon. [(now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).]

noun

(unit of weight) A libra.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for asses.

noun

Abbreviation of Assam: a state of India. [A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.]

noun

Initialism of Anglo-Saxon. [(now rare) Synonym of Old English (language).]

noun

(unit of weight) A libra.

noun

(numismatics, Ancient Rome) Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.

Example sentences

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Of course, if the market is down, it will fail to incentivize people working their asses off to keep the company afloat.

2

It can lead to all sorts of crazy machinations to get things done while covering the appropriate asses.

3

Somehow against the odds my parents worked their asses off and put our family in a favorable position.

4

Nothing different than a million other good engineers working their asses off in some giant corp in china.

5

She got bored kicking everyone's asses on the English version, so she started playing Danish, which she'd never seen.

6

Someone at microsoft thought there is a need to do that to cover their legal asses.

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It would give us false positives sometimes, and miss some things, but it really saved our asses more than once.

8

How about having those developers get off their asses and learn something new for a change?

9

This allows you to gather options and asses the strengths and weaknesses of each offer without explicitly scaring people away.

10

If people are busting their asses, they probably have what they consider a good reason.

11

Some people just want to work without constantly watching their backs and covering their asses.

12

We can be the smartest asses on the planet, but at times need luck.

Quote examples

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Plus, I'm sure they asses the probability of Mint (and their employees, contractors, etc) using this information in any way other than "read-only" (at least intentionally) to be very close to zero.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use asses in a sentence?

Of course, if the market is down, it will fail to incentivize people working their asses off to keep the company afloat.

What does asses mean?

Abbreviation of Assam: a state of India. [A state in northeastern India. Capital: Dispur.]

What part of speech is asses?

asses is commonly used as noun.