Used in a Sentence

easter

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

Editorial note

Using hate instead of love, and then sometimes having to retract web pages when proven wrong like the Jesus is Horus thing or the Easter is Ishtar thing.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

verb

To move toward the east.

noun

A strong easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for easter.

noun

A strong easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east).

noun

(Christianity) Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”).

Example sentences

1

Using hate instead of love, and then sometimes having to retract web pages when proven wrong like the Jesus is Horus thing or the Easter is Ishtar thing.

2

Apropos of nothing relevant to the actual content of the page, the sand effect easter egg on the logo was really cool.

3

I assume they read it while researching for the game, and decided to reference it as an easter egg.

4

Ask the Easter Islanders or Mayans about how people always find new employment.

5

The easter eggs themselves are pretty boring, but I find it fascinating that they're reported on in the NY Times.

6

And they somehow managed to get to the Easter Island.

7

The last major crash was around Easter in Germany.

8

It seemed like a Easter egg, but I'm not sure.

9

I really like this - I think it would be an awesome way for people in cities to leave ephemeral easter eggs with chalk on a brick wall, for instance.

10

Found a bug/easter egg: If you zoom all the way out and center Elton John at the top of your screen, then zoom in to the middle zoom level, you can see a map for TV shows as well.

11

There will be a permanent change in the order of things, it will no longer be economical to import plastic doodads from China, world shipping will decline and the Nicaragua canal will lie half-finished like stone statues on Easter Island.

12

American culture is also a subset of Western European culture, with influences from Catholic and Protestant branches of Christianity, so while I am not myself Christian, I celebrate Christmas and Easter and have many Christian influences on my values and life.

Quote examples

1

Putting your engineer hiring notices under the hood is becoming a common "Easter-egg" practice.

Proper noun examples

1

With JavaScript on, apparantly the UX concept is 'Easter eggs': There are 4 images arranged horizontally at the top.

2

With JavaScript on, apparantly the UX concept is 'Easter eggs': There are 4 images arranged horizontally at the top; these are report covers (with text too small to read even if you knew they were clickable).

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use easter in a sentence?

Using hate instead of love, and then sometimes having to retract web pages when proven wrong like the Jesus is Horus thing or the Easter is Ishtar thing.

What does easter mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is easter?

easter is commonly used as noun, verb.