emma

/ˈɛmə/

name 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, chilly, racist, solid, successful, suggested, turned, youthful

Emma suggested we should take a different route to avoid the traffic jam.

VERB + EMMA

appeared, dance, didn't, hated, house, lie, like, name

Emma hated the long commute to her new house every single day.

EMMA + NOUN

andrews, belgian, calv, eames, friends, goldman, italian, madame

Emma Goldman was a famous anarchist and activist who fought for social justice.

PREP.

around, in, into, out, since, with

Emma has been working in the marketing department since graduating from university last year.

ADV.

once, suddenly

Emma suddenly remembered that she had left her keys on the kitchen table.

Definitions

name

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Both Saxon and Norman chroniclers unite in representing the youthful Queen Emma as in a peculiar degree gifted with elegance and beauty; so that many flattering epithets had been bestowed on her - as "the Pearl," "the Flower," or "the Fair Maid" of Normandy.

Emma Calvé...since Madame Bovary the name Emma suggests a solid bourgeois foundation, a country family...Emma Eames, a chilly name...a wind from the East.

noun

M in RAF phonetic alphabet

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Example Bank

Both Saxon and Norman chroniclers unite in representing the youthful Queen Emma as in a peculiar degree gifted with elegance and beauty; so that many flattering epithets had been bestowed on her - as

Wiktionary

Emma Calvé...since Madame Bovary the name Emma suggests a solid bourgeois foundation, a country family...Emma Eames, a chilly name...a wind from the East.

Wiktionary

The cottage now belonged to Emma's mother Beatrix, who was a tutor in English literature at a women's college, specialising in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novel. This may have accounted for Emm

Wiktionary

Emma was much in evidence during the party.

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Emma has a very poor constitution.

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The teacher once suggested to Emma that they should have a child together.

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In some senses, emma is marked as dated, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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