A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
Used in a Sentence
cory
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cory.
Editorial note
It's probably worth (re)watching Cory Doctorow's talk at 28c3: The Coming War on General Computation.
Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cory gathered in one view.
A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey.
An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cory.
noun
A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
noun
A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori, masculine equivalent Corey.
noun
An English surname from Old Norse, a variant of Corey.
noun
A diminutive of the female given names Cora or Corinne and similar sounding names.
Example sentences
It's probably worth (re)watching Cory Doctorow's talk at 28c3: The Coming War on General Computation.
It's not just Cory Doctrow vouching for him, but also Charlie Stross and Neil Gaiman.
The writer may want to read Cory Doctorow's recent article [1] about how London has become almost impossible to live in.
People are not listening to Cory Doctorow so why would they listen to me?
A couple more steps and Cory Doctorow will be found to be right.
> It's not just Cory Doctrow vouching for him, but also Charlie Stross and Neil Gaiman.
I figure there's a 50/50 chance there's a lot more to this story than Cory Doctorow's (his friend) has told, but nobody else will blindly take their side.
Well, I suppose I have a copy of some of Cory Doctorow's novels, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet -- nor have I bought any of them (yet) either.
I watched a talk by Cory Doctorow last year where he suggested validation at the hardware level (a la trusted platform modules), but unlike the typical TPMs that only allow vendor software to be authenticated, these TPMs would allow the user to directly authenticate the firmware.
Quote examples
Have you read the essay "Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia" by Cory Doctorow?
Have you read Cory Doctorow's "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom?" I think you'd like it.
Actually, it's Cory Doctorow and Benjamin Rosembaum's "True Names".
"Eastern Standard Tribe" by Cory Doctorow, well written and free.
Proper noun examples
Cory argues that you can't trust meta data therefore its useless.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use cory in a sentence?
It's probably worth (re)watching Cory Doctorow's talk at 28c3: The Coming War on General Computation.
What does cory mean?
A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Corey.
What part of speech is cory?
cory is commonly used as noun.