Used in a Sentence

duke

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

Editorial note

There's a crazy ass 'port' of Duke Nukem 3d for the Sega Genesis developed by TecToy.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

noun

The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

noun

The sovereign of a small state.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for duke.

noun

A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

noun

The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).

noun

The sovereign of a small state.

noun

A grand duke.

Example sentences

1

There's a crazy ass 'port' of Duke Nukem 3d for the Sega Genesis developed by TecToy.

2

NC State is there in Raleigh (and RedHat is on Centennial Campus), Duke is Durham, and UNC-CH in Chapel Hill.

3

I just read this Duke law paper[1] saying that in 2012 Greek creditors took a 64% haircut.

4

Do you have any black friends who was at Duke during that time?

5

That gameplay looks more like Wolfenstein but with Duke sprites.

6

What reputation does Duke Nukem Forever have among gamers?

7

Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel of Duke at the recent UseR conference.

8

The Duke Power Company had explicitly segregated its workforce when it was legal to do so reserving the low paying jobs for blacks and the high paying jobs for whites.

9

Our tech team includes alumni from yc, fbfund, twitter, bridgewater, harvard/stanford/duke/michigan, and we currently have 3 Ph.

10

For that matter, one of the vagabonds in Huckleberry Finn, I forget whether Duke or Dauphin, evidently knows his way around the type case and the press.

11

So sorry the US can deploy all of their F-22 to Okinawa, still won't help the F-35 if it can't duke it out against the F-16 with an acceptable win ratio.

12

With Duke Nukem Forever actually finished, and with Perl 6 looking like it might get finished this year, we kind of run out of good jokes to crack about the Hurd.

Quote examples

1

“The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was a nonprofit, centralized research and development operation,” says Robert Cook-Deegan, who studies intellectual property and genomics at Duke University.

2

When it became illegal to do so they changed "you have to be white" to "you have to have a high school diploma or pass an IQ test." Duke lost the case.

3

That makes it legal for an employer to use a “professionally designed ability test” if it is not “designed, intended or used to discriminate….” >You might think the Court would have ruled in Duke Power’s favor.

Proper noun examples

1

Duke is a top 5 provider of solar energy in North America.

2

I think it is all pocket change compared to what he is paying to attend Duke.

3

This project is a bit like the British 'Bloodhound' land speed record attempt in that there is a bit of 'Duke Nukem' about it, i.e.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use duke in a sentence?

There's a crazy ass 'port' of Duke Nukem 3d for the Sega Genesis developed by TecToy.

What does duke mean?

A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.

What part of speech is duke?

duke is commonly used as noun.