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john

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Did you mean John Conway or were you making a joke?

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Quick take

A male mule.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A male mule.

noun

A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.

noun

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for john.

Example sentences

1

Did you mean John Conway or were you making a joke?

2

We've recently joined John Hancock USA as part of their long term innovation plan.

3

It happened to have Tom Noonan, Sig Mosely and John Imlay, who were visionary enough to see the potential of Chris's product.

4

I have a degree in Cognitive Science, and I took a class with John Searle as an undergrad.

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If I now that someone is called John Doe the result space is almost the same with or without gravatar's hash.

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Like John Lennon, I am a dreamer but I'm not the only one.

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- John Pemberton If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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A related artifact from that era, the very popular DIY repair manual: How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot by John Muir and Peter Aschwanden.

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- John Wanamaker I do not love the money.

Quote examples

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A few days ago someone was talking about John Gall and his classic work, "Systemantics".

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One quote from the article: "People die because of this stuff,” said John Burton, a California lawyer who specializes in police misconduct cases.

3

Soft Skill by John Sonmez (published by MAnning) Although written as the "Software Developer's Life Manual" the lessons taught in this book is universal to all careers.

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"John got assigned to Salary Band E3 because he plays golf with the boss" should not be a possible scenario.

Proper noun examples

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In fact, it looks like the course is still running - and even taught by the same instructor I had (John Friesen).

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I was on vacation out-of-state last week and we ordered a pizza from Papa John's one evening.

3

John Carmack was writing Doom's engine, Ken Silverman the Build engine, etc.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use john in a sentence?

Did you mean John Conway or were you making a joke?

What does john mean?

A male mule.

What part of speech is john?

john is commonly used as noun.