Used in a Sentence

roche

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

Editorial note

Even though Breast Cancer Campaign receive funding from Roche they place the blame pretty squarely on Roche for unrealistic pricing.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).

noun

A municipality in Aigle district, Vaud canton, Switzerland.

noun

An Irish and French surname from Anglo-Norman of Norman origin.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for roche.

noun

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).

noun

A municipality in Aigle district, Vaud canton, Switzerland.

noun

An Irish and French surname from Anglo-Norman of Norman origin.

noun

(UK, regional) One of various types of rock or geological strata.

Example sentences

1

Even though Breast Cancer Campaign receive funding from Roche they place the blame pretty squarely on Roche for unrealistic pricing.

2

On the other hand, the moon is beyond earth's Roche limit so I don't think the final result will be rings.

3

When Roche bought genentech (a cancer research company) they paid 46 billion dollars for the privilege.

4

You'd wonder if they bought Roche shares at the rate with which they keep pushing this.

5

Pharmaceutical companies don't help their image when they behave as poorly as Roche has in the UK with avastin and lucentis.

6

My only experience with Roche is that they buy promising new technologies and shutter them.

7

So the Roche limit is not an accurate measure - you need to take into account the tensile strength of rock.

8

The Roche limit can be derived for rigid bodies (like the Moon) or liquid bodies.

9

The Roche charts are beautiful but not really that great in terms of navigability.

10

We're not going to see those billions anyway, the owners of Roche are.

11

His two DNA sequencing companies (454 and Ion torrent) have both had what I would consider successful exits (solid to Roche and Life technologies respectively).

12

But I doubt Roche cares about any of those things...

Proper noun examples

1

The Illumina machine produced longer reads than SOLiD (Life Technologies), and produced more reads than 454 (Roche).

2

Roche have chosen to let people go blind because they want the profit from lucentis.

3

However after acquisition both products failed to gain significant traction (Roche has just shelved 454).

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use roche in a sentence?

Even though Breast Cancer Campaign receive funding from Roche they place the blame pretty squarely on Roche for unrealistic pricing.

What does roche mean?

A village and civil parish in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9860).

What part of speech is roche?

roche is commonly used as noun.