gregory — ozdic

Collocations

3

ADJ.

all, dear, full, glad, marine

My dear Gregory always knew how to make everyone feel welcome at family gatherings.

VERB + GREGORY

name, said, see

They named their son Gregory after his grandfather.

GREGORY + NOUN

professor, team

Professor Gregory explained the complex theory to his students during the lecture.

Definitions

name

1

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have done. Too German. Too foreign. 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.

2

A surname originating as a patronymic.

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and head of the new maritime research center, Njord, at the National Museum of Denmark, in the news release. […] Gregory led the excavations alongside marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch, who is also a curator at the National Museum.

3

A small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.

4

A small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.

5

A city in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States.

noun

1

Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of th

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point. A forename like Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't

Wiktionary

02

“The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research professor and head of t

Wiktionary

03

Inspector Gregory, to whom the case has been committed, is an extremely competent officer.

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04

Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection.

Tatoeba · #6957661

05

"Perhaps you would prefer at once to go on to the scene of the crime, Mr. Holmes?" said Gregory.

Tatoeba · #6957673

06

"See the value of imagination," said Holmes. "It is the one quality which Gregory lacks."

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, gregory is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.