Used in a Sentence

lines

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

Editorial note

Then, you can enter insert mode or paste and it will do the same thing on all the lines selected.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A certificate of church membership.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A certificate of church membership.

noun

A surname.

noun

(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lines.

noun

A certificate of church membership.

noun

A surname.

noun

(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

noun

(US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.

Example sentences

1

Then, you can enter insert mode or paste and it will do the same thing on all the lines selected.

2

Did you calculate the font size so that almost all lines are equally long automatically?

3

The backend services you'll be developing will become the foundation of our new product lines.

4

If I had to delete four lines, I'd most likely mash dd until done, or maybe Vjjjd.

5

I forget exactly, but high voltage power lines lose something like 1% of their energy every...100 miles?

6

As long as you can open a file in vim, add a couple of lines of code and save it, you're good to go.

7

I have written hundreds of thousands of lines of shipping code, and I've faced this kind of code-for-an-interview process repeatedly.

8

Btw, all they have to do is change two lines of CSS.

9

I expect it to take on the order of 5 minutes and 7 lines of code.

10

California prevents farmers from selling water across county lines and more.

11

Vim does have the ability to insert text on multiple lines.

12

The large majority of my productivity involved copying and pasting with multi line select, and jumping words and different boundaries on multiple lines at once.

Quote examples

1

Way easier than counting the number of lines to delete then typing "4dd" imo.

2

I would suggest changing it to something more direct like "Breaking kneecaps" or something along those lines.

3

"Hello world" is doable in 3 lines instead of 5, granted.

4

I also did not like the marketing approach, such as >>"Soylent 2.0 frees customers from crowded lunch lines at fast food restaurants and ends feelings of mid-morning hunger after inadequate breakfasts".

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use lines in a sentence?

Then, you can enter insert mode or paste and it will do the same thing on all the lines selected.

What does lines mean?

A certificate of church membership.

What part of speech is lines?

lines is commonly used as noun.