Used in a Sentence

bourn

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

Editorial note

Admittedly, just because something hasn’t bourn fruit doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad plan.

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Quick take

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).

noun

A surname.

noun

Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”). [(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bourn.

noun

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).

noun

A surname.

noun

Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”). [(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.]

noun

Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”). [(countable, archaic) A boundary; a limit.]

Example sentences

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Admittedly, just because something hasn’t bourn fruit doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad plan.

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Who bears the burden of the loss of that additional cash changes over time (Nike to Footlocker to consumers) but the burden is bourn.

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Wren text message – We see Bourn valued down a level from Pence for our club.

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We like the run production and power of Pence, and Bourn is a run creator.

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The aggregate cost bourn by users has to be orders of magnitude larger than the cost savings made by developers at this point.

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It's going to be passed through and not be bourn by the surviving banks - that benefit from this 'bailout' of their customers....

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I don't think this is a necessity but rather a trend bourn of hardening rituals and habits.

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I'm pretty sure kids bourn around 2021 will see using apps for everything as something very natural.

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Ah, Warwickshire, the undiscovered country from whose bourn some travellers do apparently return.

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So I ran a bourn shell in my emacs, which was the style at the time.

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The important thing was that I ran a bourn shell in my emacs, which was the style at the time...

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The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns and all that.

Quote examples

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That seems like a recipe for food bourn illness - does it keep it hot enough to keep the rice outside the "danger zone"?

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But in an actual public health emergency, a democratic government implementing rational, effective public health measures allowed by law is not "authoritarian." > Sure, except none of your conditionals there actually get bourn out.

Proper noun examples

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The Mercury News has learned through sources close to the company that the deceased are: Doug Bourn, 56, of Santa Clara, a senior electrical engineer; Andrew Ingram, 31, of Palo Alto, an electrical engineer; and Brian M.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use bourn in a sentence?

Admittedly, just because something hasn’t bourn fruit doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad plan.

What does bourn mean?

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).

What part of speech is bourn?

bourn is commonly used as noun.