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wesley

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

Editorial note

But it doesn't mean anything more or less than always bet on Wesley kicking that pale-eyed, blond-haired villain's ass, because Wesley is a bad-ass and way more fit than Bruce Payne (who played the villain).

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Quick take

John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations.

noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wesley.

noun

John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations.

noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

noun

A place in the United States:

Example sentences

1

But it doesn't mean anything more or less than always bet on Wesley kicking that pale-eyed, blond-haired villain's ass, because Wesley is a bad-ass and way more fit than Bruce Payne (who played the villain).

2

She decided it was evidence of psychotic thinking and told Wesley she was going to notify Sarah Lawrence.

3

Its incredible to me that the TX-2 was designed by Wesley Clark who was born in the 20's.

4

Email wesley@jiff.com for details if this sounds like you & something you are interested in.

5

Movies like to exploit this fear (e.g., Demolition Man when Wesley Snipes takes out the eye of a doctor to escape the prison), and it's understandable.

6

Does the name Wesley Snipes ring a bell?

7

My uncle in Wesley Chapel (Tampa) is paying ~7 cents/kwh from their local coop, I pay as low as 1 cent a kwh for 6-12 hours a day from Exelon's nuclear power in Northern Illinois.

8

The comparisons to Wesley Willis are tempting: a schizophrenic man plying a craft (code, music) as a release for the suffering his condition inflicts upon him, and who enjoys a certain amount of good will because of his unbridled creativity.

9

There's an episode of Star Trek TNG where Wesley Crusher is playing with some nanobots and he accidentally sets them free (or fails to turn them off?), and they go on to replicate, evolve and develop an emergent intelligence (at plot speed).

10

I'm a Star Trek fan, but there is nothing to be learned about a post-scarcity economy, whether it could even exist, or how it might actually affect society from a show which presents Wesley Crusher as the archetype of human evolution.

Quote examples

1

According to Wesley, she said that it "wasn't his business" to tell her what to do.

2

I found a PDF book called "The Java EE Tutorial" (originally published by Addison-Wesley, don't remember the author(s)) on Sun's web site and fetched it.

3

Also Wesley Autrey, the "Subway Hero" who dove onto the tracks of the oncoming 1 train in order to save a stranger who had a seizure and fell onto the tracks.

4

I have been (and still am) an advisor to Pearson, which now includes Addison-Wesley and Prentice-Hall, ran a book series on "Innovative Technology", solicited authors, and helped get important books published.

Proper noun examples

1

Just to add a bit of history, Apple began publishing the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines in 1985 jointly with Addison-Wesley.

2

The one by Humble and Farley (Addison-Wesley) is from 2010, is it still relevant?

3

At the very least, purchase a corporate technical library, like the O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley books for each of the technologies you use.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use wesley in a sentence?

But it doesn't mean anything more or less than always bet on Wesley kicking that pale-eyed, blond-haired villain's ass, because Wesley is a bad-ass and way more fit than Bruce Payne (who played the villain).

What does wesley mean?

John Wesley, founder of Methodism.

What part of speech is wesley?

wesley is commonly used as noun.