Used in a Sentence

holders

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

Editorial note

In other cases, when talking about specific individuals--in particular, Olympic weightlifting record-holders--the gender difference is still very obvious.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A thing that holds.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A thing that holds.

noun

A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for holders.

noun

A thing that holds.

noun

A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

noun

A surname.

noun

(sports) The defending champion.

Example sentences

1

In other cases, when talking about specific individuals--in particular, Olympic weightlifting record-holders--the gender difference is still very obvious.

2

The companies who produce advertisements and the share holders who pressure those companies are made up of regular people.

3

Maybe rights over patents should be lost if the rights holders fail to actively defend it (similar to trademarks)?

4

In other news, there are now 360 million OpenID holders, just as there were once 360 million AOL CD owners.

5

In the case of VLC+libdvdcss-bundle, it's usually fine in (sane) juridictions because it's a player, not violating the copyrights holders.

6

Making that process unavailable to copyright holders outside the US would make those protections unavailable, increasing the workload for these businesses.

7

We send our scans to Vobile, who matches it against copyright holders who have allowed us to scan for their content.

8

In the screenshot you posted, many, if not all of the rights holders for those broadcasts could choose to remove them instantly.

9

So far it's been very effective for Fox; we're working on getting other copyright holders signed up.

10

But certainly are arguments for largest market share holders to have some kind of neutrality standards, like implemented in common carrier or net neutrality regulations.

11

We should be the holders of our online presence.

12

>The companies who produce advertisements and the share holders who pressure those companies are made up of regular people.

Quote examples

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And it's entertaining enough to give to other non-technical "stake holders" in your website planning committee.

2

Few contracts would be irreversible, and few holders of contracts would resist reversal, if physical violence from the state were brought to be bear, even if the issue had already been "settled" by software.

3

That said, I think part of the reason to enforce cases like this is that if this clause in the license goes unenforced for long enough with the IP holders not suing, then it becomes an implicit rewriting of the "must provide source" part of the license, and then weakens any later legal case.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use holders in a sentence?

In other cases, when talking about specific individuals--in particular, Olympic weightlifting record-holders--the gender difference is still very obvious.

What does holders mean?

A thing that holds.

What part of speech is holders?

holders is commonly used as noun.