Used in a Sentence

hybrids

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

Editorial note

There are also many plugin-hybrids now: 0 gaws for local driving, and a gas tank for long dries.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

noun

A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

noun

(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hybrids.

noun

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

noun

A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

noun

(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

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(cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.

Example sentences

1

There are also many plugin-hybrids now: 0 gaws for local driving, and a gas tank for long dries.

2

However there might some good from this if there are culls in the areas where hybrids are occurring.

3

Existing gas taxes are a halfway-decent proxy, but that's becoming less true as more adopt electrics and hybrids.

4

We don't have any hybrids in Denmark, unfortunately, due to the extreme taxes on those cars.

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We are a crew of dreamer-doer hybrids who care deeply about user experience and making applications that are both beautiful and functional.

6

I play with full poly at 48#, but have experimented with gut hybrids and full gut at times.

7

In a few states, a hybrid electric has lower emissions than an all electric car because hybrids have a much higher MPG.

8

New forms of media, interactive forms, VR/AR and hybrids are wide open fields.

9

Yes I know those hybrids exist, but unfortunately there aren't nearly enough of them to fill all the positions.

10

The web is a different beast, while there are pure application many of them are hybrids I think Linked-In or Facebook are a really good example of these hybrid application/documents.

11

With that reasoning plug-in hybrids are the future, although I'm personally rooting for pure electric to win in the end.

12

With all the work that has gone into hybrids lately, who knows.

Quote examples

1

There may well be "hybrids" for a while (think stop the car and convert to manual mode, not switch on the fly).

2

"We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden." And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number?

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Edited to add: To elaborate on why the argument you mentioned against interracial marriage is a different argument in the sense that is important here, one could easily believe that marriage is about biological reproduction, but believe that interracial "hybrids" are not a bad thing, and thus not be inconsistent in accepting interracial marriage but rejecting gay marriage on these grounds.

Proper noun examples

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Hybrids have been on the US market since 1999, and battery life has never been a serious issue.

2

Hybrids might do some damage to this aspect of the economy by dimishing the trophy value to the estates.

3

Hybrids are the best way to go until we make significant strides in batteries (20-30 years off?).

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use hybrids in a sentence?

There are also many plugin-hybrids now: 0 gaws for local driving, and a gas tank for long dries.

What does hybrids mean?

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

What part of speech is hybrids?

hybrids is commonly used as noun.