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constance

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

Editorial note

The picture of Constance Babington Smith at 2:08 has a wee model of a Me 163 rocket-powered fighter by her head!

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A female given name from Latin.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A female given name from Latin.

noun

A surname.

noun

An unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for constance.

noun

A female given name from Latin.

noun

A surname.

noun

An unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

A former unincorporated community in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

Example sentences

1

The picture of Constance Babington Smith at 2:08 has a wee model of a Me 163 rocket-powered fighter by her head!

2

Similar in Germany is the site Campus Galli, between lake Constance and the Danube river.

3

The theory of constance transcends scientific experimentation and logical proof; it is simply held as an axiom (which could plausibly be wrong).

4

A few years ago, I read a slightly updated version of Constance Garnett's Anna Karenina and it was stunning.

5

Who's to say the 'older daughter' in the story wasn't Constance Keene?

6

You can still provide useful output, by restricting yourself to a small set of problems, and by employing more persistance and constance on solving a choosen problem.

7

If you're not familiar with that, Constance Reid's Hilbert!

8

Not so with your taxes, despite their similar constance and ubiquity, because they are not constant and thus haven't had the same abstractions engineered into their very DNA.

9

Few decades before Copernicus Poland even sent a delegation to Council of Constance defending the right of pagans no to be invaded in crusades and supporting Lithuanians against Teutonic Knights.

10

I'm the opposite, when I first read P&V's Crime and Punishment it felt more like transported to 19th century Russia, compared to the previous version I'd read (I don't remember whom, perhaps Constance Garnett), which felt like I was in late Victorian England but with Russian names.

Quote examples

1

My understanding of how Hilbert meant it is summed up in this quote from him: "Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper." I think that in part because I read Constance Reid's excellent biography Hilbert!

Proper noun examples

1

Urbanisations may even span national borders, as with the greater Basel region, Lake Constance, or Strasbourg-Ortenau.

2

I’ve been working through more Dostoyevsky- currently ending the year reading The Brothers Karamazov (Constance Garnett translation).

3

Hey now Accusey Adam (or is it Conjecturey Constance?), put down the pitchfork.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use constance in a sentence?

The picture of Constance Babington Smith at 2:08 has a wee model of a Me 163 rocket-powered fighter by her head!

What does constance mean?

A female given name from Latin.

What part of speech is constance?

constance is commonly used as noun.