Used in a Sentence

lance

How to use lance in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lance.

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Examples6
Definitions6
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

noun

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

noun

a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lance.

noun

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

noun

an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

noun

a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

verb

move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"

verb

pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight

verb

open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"

Example sentences

1

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2

Im already working free lance and making twice what they make in college a month, every 2 weeks.

3

Or perhaps if lance armstrong gave you cycling advice, you'd ignore it because he took performance enhancing drugs?please.

4

But still more curious was the fact of a lance-head of stone being found in him, not far from the buried iron, the flesh perfectly firm about it.

5

But later I landed a free-lance job that required writing a classifier that could be applied to real world data, and I soon realized that repeated multiplication of numbers between 0 and 1 sends you to zero too fast for the implementation to actually work. I might have missed it in the code, but I think he's doing the same mistake: you need to normalize or move to logarithms for the estimation of probabilities to work for medium or large datasets.

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Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use lance in a sentence?

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What does lance mean?

a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

What part of speech is lance?

lance is commonly used as noun, verb.