Used in a Sentence

lynn

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

Editorial note

It's different, not better or worse, than what, say Lynn Hill did when she freed the Nose.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.

noun

A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lynn.

noun

A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.

noun

A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name.

noun

A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name.

Example sentences

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It's different, not better or worse, than what, say Lynn Hill did when she freed the Nose.

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People will be reading Pynchon 30 years from now, but they won't be reading Lynn Viehl.

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Also Lynn Root's talk at EuroPython was a good recapitulation of current diversity trends.

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The Salathé Wall was freed in '88 and Lynn Hill freed the Nose in '94 and did the Nose free in a day in '95.

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An unapologetic eugenicist, Lynn uses his authority as professor (emeritus) of psychology at the University of Ulster to argue for the genetic inferiority of non-white people.

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What about this owner, Lynn Gardner Heffron?

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For example, a much easier, more popular route - The Nose - wast first free climbed by Lynn Hill in 1993 in four days, in 1994 she re-did it in 23 hours, in 2005 Tommy Caldwell and his then wife did it in four days and two days later Caldwell did it by himself in 12 hours.

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> Notice this is written by Lynn Conway - very accomplished chip designer/electrical engineer/systems engineer And also an outrageously biased and partisan activist whose claims, when writing on anything but chip design, should be checked with a microscope and then promptly thrown out as cherry-picked or misleading in some way you weren't competent to figure out.

Quote examples

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Also, Jim Clark (SGI, Netscape) was one of Lynn Conway's students, and she taught him how to make his first prototype "Geometry Engine"!

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The wealth and power of nations, according to Lynn, is due to their racial intelligence and “homogeneity” (or “purity”).

Proper noun examples

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Lynn Bowen, Jorge Rubenstein: In addition to project 1 above, this team completed a CRT controller project.

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Lynn Bowen Jorge Rubenstein: Charge flow transistors (moisture sensors) integrated into digital subsystem for testing.

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Lynn believes that IQ tests can be used to determine the worth of groups of people, especially racial groups and nations.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use lynn in a sentence?

It's different, not better or worse, than what, say Lynn Hill did when she freed the Nose.

What does lynn mean?

A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind.

What part of speech is lynn?

lynn is commonly used as noun.