A male given name transferred from the surname.
Used in a Sentence
nolan
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for nolan.
Editorial note
Gelman and Nolan are pretty smart, but they don't have a time machine.
Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of nolan gathered in one view.
A surname from Irish.
An unincorporated community in Nolan County, Texas, United States.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for nolan.
noun
A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun
A surname from Irish.
noun
An unincorporated community in Nolan County, Texas, United States.
noun
An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
Example sentences
Gelman and Nolan are pretty smart, but they don't have a time machine.
This pattern: getUserByName('nolan').then(function (user) { return getUserAccountById(user.id); }).then(function (userAccount) { // I got a user account!
Does David Nolan have some sort of time altering machine??
People see a Christopher Nolan movie just because he's involved.
}); Could be: getUserByName('nolan').get('id').then(getUserAccountById).then(function (userAccount) { // I got a user account!
My preference would be: let user = await getUserByName('nolan'); let userAccount = await getUserAccountById(user.id); // stuff with user and userAccount But I have long since decided that I am never writing ES5 again, and since I therefore need Babel anyways I may as well turn 'stage: 1' on and use async/await.
Quote examples
It's like Nolan's movie teasers which end with "Summer, ++Now.
Hey Nolan, It was good to "meet" you at edgeconf (really we were just throwing the mic back and forth, and I couldnt make it to the afterparty).
> Ghost's founder, John O'Nolan, wrote in a blog post: "we’ve elected to move the default location for all customer data from the UK to DigitalOcean’s [Amsterdam] data centre.
Proper noun examples
Interstellar (Nolan) and Fiasco (Lem) - juxtaposition is thought provoking and sad conclusion for me is Lem (and you) might be right.
Nolan Darilek is a blind developer who comments on HN occasionally about the topic.
A decade or two from now, people will look back at Nolan's Batman series as the definitive super hero films of the day.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use nolan in a sentence?
Gelman and Nolan are pretty smart, but they don't have a time machine.
What does nolan mean?
A male given name transferred from the surname.
What part of speech is nolan?
nolan is commonly used as noun.