Used in a Sentence

carol

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

Editorial note

Alice owes Bob a dollar and Bob owes Carol a dollar and Carol owes Alice so it all eventually settles.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A ballad or song of joy.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A ballad or song of joy.

noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century.

noun

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for carol.

noun

A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century.

noun

(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

Example sentences

1

Alice owes Bob a dollar and Bob owes Carol a dollar and Carol owes Alice so it all eventually settles.

2

Perhaps he means it in the Carol Dweck sense, that how we view our failures is what determines our success.

3

Netflix has (had?) a DVD processing/mailing center in Carol Stream, a suburb of Chicago.

4

Therefore, since Carol mined a legitimate block it's accepted by all the miners.

5

For anyone interested in how US domestic payment systems work (checks, ACH, Visa/Mastercard) check out Payment Systems in the US by Carol Benson.

6

I wonder if Kingore, the author of this article, has written anything taking into account mindset research like Carol Dweck's.

7

I use a CNC plasma cutter at work and I wrote some G-Code to make it play Carol of the Bells.

8

Reposting so Carol gets to see the comment (since she asked specifically for additional ways to find information) in case she doesn't have show dead on.

9

When the letter arrives at Woodstock, Carol has to go through the painstaking trouble of scanning in his chicken scratch, and she'll spend the weekend fixing that which OCR cannot unearth.

10

Anyway, I address the envelope to Carol in Woodstock.

11

If Alice will pay $10 for a streaming copy (with DRM), Bob will pay $30 for a DRM-free copy, but Carol will pay $50 for an exclusive DRM-free copy, the rational approach is to sell to Alice and Carol for a total of $60.

12

So either Alice transferred a bitcoin to Bob (and thus not to Carol), as she authorized, or she transferred a bitcoin to Carol (and therefore not to Bob), as she authorized, or the bitcoin remains with Alice and no transaction happened.

Quote examples

1

He's way less talented than Carol, but he "feels" more right for the job.

2

But if, say, Alice's key has signed both "Transfer this bitcoin to Bob" and "Transfer this bitcoin to Carol", you can mine either of those.) The trouble with trying to do that is that mining is slow.

3

Carol, who is a "rockstar developer" who can pull together an awesome prototype in a week, is totally helpless if Dennis, a more hum-drum average programmer type, has higher-visibility projects, a good rapport with others on the management team, and who fought unsuccessfully but valiantly that one time to keep that key client.

Proper noun examples

1

Maybe my other comment was right and they should have been called Alice, Bob, and Carol.

2

Carol gets some BTC for mining and also verifies that the transaction from Alice to Bob is legitimate because it was signed by Alice.

3

Alice gets some of Carol's money, since she took the photos.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use carol in a sentence?

Alice owes Bob a dollar and Bob owes Carol a dollar and Carol owes Alice so it all eventually settles.

What does carol mean?

A ballad or song of joy.

What part of speech is carol?

carol is commonly used as noun.