Used in a Sentence

turk

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

Editorial note

This is not a simple problem that can be solved with mechanical turk, an algorithm, etc.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from 12th c.]

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from 12th c.]

noun

A speaker of the various Turkic languages.

noun

A Turkish horse.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for turk.

noun

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from 12th c.]

noun

A speaker of the various Turkic languages.

noun

A Turkish horse.

noun

a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole).

Example sentences

1

This is not a simple problem that can be solved with mechanical turk, an algorithm, etc.

2

So you need a bit more time to run it through Mechanical Turk to check for porny scenes and perhaps spoilers.

3

It makes me think that the elves are inexperienced or that this is just a thin wrapper around Mechanical Turk or oDesk.

4

With Etherpad, I can let 12 people on Mechanical Turk each transcribe a 5-minute section of my interview.

5

I have no idea how Mechanical Turk works, however the end result in this situation would be the same.

6

The content that they're talking about (articles on ehow.com and friends) are generated by Mechanical Turk or some similar arrangement, not by Markov chainers!

7

The point about price setting isn't that it must be the driver/turk.

8

So is the Turk an employee of the problem setter?

9

Sort of like a Mechanical Turk for legal matters?

10

In Europe, no service like Amazon's Mechanical Turk exists.

11

Even more straightforward still to hire a Mechanical Turk to read your email to you over the phone, and there's no risk of viruses capable of VM breakout!

12

My advices may look as semi-measures, but they provide the same level of quality as Machine Learning or Mechanical Turk solutions (which are not endloesungen as well) for lower price.

Quote examples

1

What's complicated is that a "mechanical Turk" isn't a person from Turkey, and a "Turk" isn't an anthropomorphic automaton.

2

Like you have a million schoolkids writing dirty limericks on the bathroom walls for every real-life "Turk 182".

3

If one paired the present classifiers with Amazon Mechanical Turk, just providing one bit of information -- "is-it-an-animal?" -- I wonder how well the current classifiers would fare in relation to human beings?

4

I'm not sure if there's any quicker and more effective way to draw a metric ton of scrutiny and skepticism on a study than to have the two words "mechanical turk" somewhere in your paper.

Proper noun examples

1

Mechanical Turk, for example, the price is (rightfully) set by the problem setter.

2

And all of Occupy Wall Street banded together behind some charismatic idiot and marched over there without warlike equipment to fight the Arab/Turk.

3

You may be able to use Amazon Mechanical Turk.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use turk in a sentence?

This is not a simple problem that can be solved with mechanical turk, an algorithm, etc.

What does turk mean?

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from 12th c.]

What part of speech is turk?

turk is commonly used as noun.