richard

UK /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/ US /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.ɚd/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

fair, milhous, real, real

Fair Richard always gave honest advice to everyone in the neighborhood.

VERB + RICHARD

loves, name, named, trust

My parents named me Richard after my grandfather.

RICHARD + NOUN

-, burton, everyone, feynman, grandfather, home, iii, mother

Richard Burton played Hamlet in a famous production that critics still discuss today.

PREP.

after, from, from, since

After Richard left the company, everything changed for the team.

ADV.

arterwards, once

Richard afterwards learned that his childhood friend had moved to Australia years ago.

Definitions

name

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.

But we have known Williams and Richards, names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance, Fight the good fight of faith, or such like,

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Martin Richard was the youngest of three people killed by explosions at the Boston Marathon in 2013.

noun

A turd.

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Idioms & Phrases

Richard Roe

Synonym of John Doe.

Example Bank

What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.

Wiktionary

But we have known Williams and Richards, names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance, Fight the good fight of faith, or such like,

Wiktionary

I'd love to live in our castle. First I'd change my name from Dickie to Richard. That's my real name and it's a good king name. I don't like being called Dickie anyway, and I don't want to be Dick Jun

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Richard said his mother was ill, which is a lie.

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Richard is fair, even to people he does not like.

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Richard Roberts is the author of numerous books.

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Usage Notes

i Register

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

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