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jong

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

Editorial note

Any specific reason for picking the de Jong attractor (other than the fact that it's pretty)?

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Quick take

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

noun

Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”). [(historical) An ancient kind of sailing ship originating from Java.]

noun

(South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jong.

noun

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

noun

Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”). [(historical) An ancient kind of sailing ship originating from Java.]

noun

(South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.

Example sentences

1

Any specific reason for picking the de Jong attractor (other than the fact that it's pretty)?

2

Kim Jong Un has lived in Europe, and apparently, he did not like what he saw.

3

I first found out about the de Jong attractor from a talk recently at the Clojure West conference.

4

North Korea will threaten the alien city with destruction if it doesn't acknowledge that Kim Jong Un is the ruler of Earth.

5

Think Kim Jong Un might like to have his own robot army?

6

In a short time, changing him into Kim Jong Elon.

Quote examples

1

I don't think Murdoch has any intention of blocking Google, he's trying a North Korean-style gambit - "I am renowned for being difficult and dangerous, give me what I want or I'll do something nasty." Murdoch threatening to block Google is like Kim Jong Il proposing to bomb South Korea - absolutely suicidal, but given how "crazy" he is no one can count against him doing it.

2

On the assumption that we're defining socialism as "everything Stalin, Kim Jong Il, and Ceausescu did", I'll take a similar tack in the opposite direction and contend that capitalism is responsible for the American incursion into Vietnam, Watergate, and Abu Ghraib (since they were all carried out by a capitalist country).

Proper noun examples

1

Also, to answer the question posed in the title: certainly not as good as Kim Jong-un himself.

2

What happens when Light reasons that criminals are a relatively trivial cause of death and instead kills Kim Jong-il?

3

Kim Jong-un states that he's just protecting his people from the evil rest of the world.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use jong in a sentence?

Any specific reason for picking the de Jong attractor (other than the fact that it's pretty)?

What does jong mean?

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

What part of speech is jong?

jong is commonly used as noun.