Used in a Sentence

brent

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

Editorial note

That's for WTI, and Brent is currently even more (in fact the Brent curve is in contango at the moment).

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Quick take

A habitational surname from Old English.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage.

noun

A placename:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for brent.

Example sentences

1

That's for WTI, and Brent is currently even more (in fact the Brent curve is in contango at the moment).

2

If you want to have a support ticket escalated to Brent (President of the company) you just ask, and it actually happens.

3

Also - I think the way to learn Tcl is to use the Brent Welch book.

4

For an excellent fantasy take on this, see Brent Weeks Lightbringer books.

5

Interestingly the rhetoric around oil has currently been around jobs because of the fall in oil prices making the North Sea / Brent oil unsustainable.

6

I don't know what grade Australian oil would be, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to Brent than to WTI.

7

David Brent couldn't have said it better.

8

Most people keep telling them to just think procedurally or reuse elements, but Brent prefers to let the artists do whatever they want and the system should handle it.

9

Recently, a guy named Brent Ozar (an MVP) called Microsoft out on some bull they were pulling, moving features to enterprise edition and limiting RAM until you went to enterprise licensing (SQL 2014).

10

Interestingly when I checked the price of Brent is about the same as it was about 6 years ago but it seems the cost of production has risen substantially in that time.

11

(Audio) Interview with Evertrue CEO Brent Grinna on starting the company, recently raising $8M from Bain and why the biggest risk in starting the company was actually not starting the company.

Quote examples

1

The corresponding chart conflates all natural gas extraction under the "Henry Hub" label, and all crude extraction under "Brent".

2

“I don’t say that about many people, but he is evil.” Brent Schlender.

Proper noun examples

1

Brent Weeks books all have this, and he does a great job with the martial arts in there too.

2

Easy, just use the Brent–Salamin AGM algorithm and you'll get them in about 500 arithmetic operations.

3

The guy who wrote the Typeclassopedia (Brent Yorgey) is coming to speak to my local functional languages group up on campus tomorrow.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use brent in a sentence?

That's for WTI, and Brent is currently even more (in fact the Brent curve is in contango at the moment).

What does brent mean?

A habitational surname from Old English.

What part of speech is brent?

brent is commonly used as noun.