Used in a Sentence

presto

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

Editorial note

However, plug it into an arithmetic coder and start feeding in an actual Wikipedia corpus, and hey presto!

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A surname.

noun

(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

adverb

(music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for presto.

noun

A surname.

noun

(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

adverb

(music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.

Example sentences

1

However, plug it into an arithmetic coder and start feeding in an actual Wikipedia corpus, and hey presto!

2

Slap the spdy directive into nginx, a 5 character change, and presto, site goes faster.

3

Think of it - you would just have to stand in it for a couple of minutes, doing nothing at all, and presto!

4

Actually the user would do absolutely nothing, and presto, no read-later service.

5

If Uber can operate 100,000 robo-cars in San Fran you can walk up to the sidewalk and press Hail and presto you have your ride.

6

And, presto change-o, when speaking of a specific agent, I can certainly say whether digging a hole is more worthwhile than writing, or the other way around.

7

That's why Scribe and Presto are missing; I couldn't find any papers about them.

8

For example Opera presto releases are not there yet.

9

Of course, at some point someone is going to want the business to be profitable and then, hey presto, you're a dev shop like all the other dev shops.

10

It is true that this new Hive engine is solving some similar problems as Drill, as is the case for Impala, Facebook's Presto engine and a few other projects.

11

The IRS agreed, but now in 2015 they change the 'interpretation', and if I disagree with the new tax they are levying on me, presto chango!

12

Coating/mask your bile in a rhetoric popular with a community, indirectly imply some terrible things, perhaps obfuscate anything that could raise any uncomfortable, thoughtful questions, and presto!

Quote examples

1

It's behind the WSJ firewall so simply go to google and type "Tesla Partners with Battery Researcher to Lower Costs" and click on the WSJ result and presto, WSJ lets you read it.

Proper noun examples

1

It was a friendly rival to Scuba, and was eventually replaced by Presto, which is not even mentioned.

2

A tool that helps discover inefficiencies in Hive/Presto/Dremel query/pipeline/scripts.

3

I work on Presto, a distributed analytic SQL database, and we are often asked how it compares to other systems, or how it will perform for a given workload.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use presto in a sentence?

However, plug it into an arithmetic coder and start feeding in an actual Wikipedia corpus, and hey presto!

What does presto mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is presto?

presto is commonly used as noun, adverb.