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joseph

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

Editorial note

Part of the answer is in Joseph Tainter's work, especially Collapse.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

noun

A male given name from Hebrew.

noun

The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for joseph.

noun

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

noun

A male given name from Hebrew.

noun

The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

noun

One whose chastity is above temptation (from the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis xxxix).

Example sentences

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Part of the answer is in Joseph Tainter's work, especially Collapse.

2

Would you consider increasing the sample size to 3 because of the fictional Snowden in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller?

3

LVT has maintained support among mainstream economists as recent as Milton Friedman, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, and Tyler Cowen.

4

The woman gives Kevin a South Korean bank account number, to which Joseph wires $1,000.

5

It is enlightening to see that the Joseph Mengeles and Shiro Ishiis of our times are not subject to any sanction.

6

Honestly sounds like a 'real name' for Kevin (it mentions his Christian faith, and Joseph is a 'better' Christian name than Kevin).

7

I cringed the whole time -- it was like watching Joseph Nash discuss..

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If you're interested contact me directly at joseph@reifyhealth.com.

9

Email me (CEO) at joseph@onuniverse.com with interest.

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You can reach me directly at joseph@onuniverse.com.

11

Who is this Joseph Trevithick guy anyway?

12

I was interviewed by Rick Sanchez for CNN in 2010 when Andrew Joseph Stack III burned down his own home then crashed his airplane into the Austin, Texas IRS building, to draw attention to Internal Revenue Service Section 1706 - I got a call from a CNN producer about twenty minutes later because she found my own essay about 1706 in a web search.

Quote examples

1

From what I can comprehend of the article, Joseph is the name of the person that "wired" the money into the Sth Korean bank.

2

I've recently given a lot of thought to shifting from "Joey" to "Joseph" as my day-to-day name.

3

"Emotional Brain" by Joseph LeDoux, chapter 5 has more info on various lists.

4

The genetic findings are consistent with those of other studies, for example the landmark review article "Toward a new history and geography of human genes informed by ancient DNA" Pickrell, Joseph K.

Proper noun examples

1

Joseph Campbell's work is a nice place to start.

2

Joseph was not mentioned before in the article.

3

Joseph Stiglitz, as chief economist of the World Bank, wrote a book on the matter on how the IMF's neoliberal policies of privatization functioned as a mechanism to give away national sovereignty and political power.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use joseph in a sentence?

Part of the answer is in Joseph Tainter's work, especially Collapse.

What does joseph mean?

The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.

What part of speech is joseph?

joseph is commonly used as noun.