Used in a Sentence

eponymous

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

Editorial note

You could configure your printer to print out the actual cons structure if you'd like but the shorthand is useful because this data structure in particular is so eponymous.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.

adjective

Of a thing: named after a person or entity.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for eponymous.

adjective

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.

adjective

Of a thing: named after a person or entity.

Example sentences

1

You could configure your printer to print out the actual cons structure if you'd like but the shorthand is useful because this data structure in particular is so eponymous.

2

Even the horror lurking beyond the eponymous black gate--the Guardian--is possessed of a personality based on EA's hostile business practices.

3

He provided the musical philosophy behind the design of Don Buchla's eponymous electronic sound platform [2].

4

The eponymous company was started in July 1995 by Paul Graham, Robert Morris, and Trevor Blackwell.

5

The one scene in which the eponymous character interacts with the network is given primarily to a discussion of her own digression into subjects far afield from her nominal research topic.

6

What you can't get, not easily, is brutal honesty and privacy about your eponymous self.

7

Although we think of Google as the company behind the eponymous search engine and Android phone, it's actually an advertiser.

8

Until this point the majority of stutter edits were created through deliberate manual editing techniques rather than automated processes (such as the eponymous plug-in).

9

It's called House of Lies and is based on the eponymous book.

10

FoundationDB - Developer; Sales Engineer - DC, Boston, Bay Area --------------------------------- ---- About FoundationDB ------- --------------------------------- FoundationDB is the company behind the eponymous distributed database.

11

It's called Westphalian Sovereignty because it's the result of the eponymous historical event, prior to which extranational forces played a huge role in the internal politics of states.

12

> Although we think of Google as the company behind the eponymous search engine and Android phone, it's actually an advertiser.

Quote examples

1

For more information, read "A Boy and his Dog", from the same (eponymous) collection of short stories.

2

In some ways, the article reminds me of the documentary "Helvetica" about the eponymous font.

3

The thing I don't understand: why not just make the "Do Not Track" switch set this, as well as sending the eponymous header?

4

> Hubble seemingly ignored the outliers and drew a straight line through his data to create his eponymous "constant".

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use eponymous in a sentence?

You could configure your printer to print out the actual cons structure if you'd like but the shorthand is useful because this data structure in particular is so eponymous.

What does eponymous mean?

Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.

What part of speech is eponymous?

eponymous is commonly used as adjective.