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vigil

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And while I'm driving and keeping a constant vigil through the windshield for danger what if I see a glorious new Apple store that I didn't know existed??

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a period of sleeplessness

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

a period of sleeplessness

noun

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

noun

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for vigil.

noun

a period of sleeplessness

noun

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

See also: watch

noun

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

See also: watch

Example sentences

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And while I'm driving and keeping a constant vigil through the windshield for danger what if I see a glorious new Apple store that I didn't know existed??

2

I especially loved the tongue-in-cheek humor -- "Eternal moral vigilance is no laughing matter.

3

Rebel, don't forget rebel; a keyword to use an exploit in the vigil compiler to remove it from the hard drive just after escaping to a python environment where it is compiled under less oppressive rules.

4

Not having the original code that you can at least edit to fix is rather pointless, especially when vigil doesn't indicate the callers of the offending functions, because next time you run vigil, those will get deleted.

5

The vigil was attended by homeless advocates of all political stripes, had a local police officer singing at the beginning and end, and a gubernatorial candidate was around as well.

Proper noun examples

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That reminds me of Vigil[0], a Python-derived language that defends supreme moral vigilance.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use vigil in a sentence?

And while I'm driving and keeping a constant vigil through the windshield for danger what if I see a glorious new Apple store that I didn't know existed??

What does vigil mean?

a period of sleeplessness

What part of speech is vigil?

vigil is commonly used as noun.