roy — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

great, happy, hard, secretive, solemn

The great roy ceremony took place in the ancient cathedral with hundreds of guests.

VERB + ROY

cards, heard, met, name, played, remembers, saw, took

I played Roy in the school production last year.

ROY + NOUN

coope, linda, medal, song, victory

Roy Orbison won a Grammy Award for his iconic song "Oh, Pretty Woman" in 1965.

PREP.

with

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Definitions

name

1

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

- - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?" "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..." "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew. "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy Trent from Roy."

On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

2

A surname.

3

A surname.

4

A surname.

5

A surname.

noun

1

A king.

adj

1

Royal.

For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.

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Example Bank

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- - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said Geor

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On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Coope

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For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' po

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Roy needn't have hurried to the airport to meet his parents.

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05

Roy is secretive and Ted is candid.

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06

Roy denied having visited her yesterday.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, roy is marked as archaic, formal. Watch for register when choosing this word.