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HEMINGWAY

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Overview

HEMINGWAY (noun)
  The noun HEMINGWAY has 1 sense:

1. an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)play

  Familiarity information: HEMINGWAY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HEMINGWAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ernest Hemingway; Hemingway

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))


 Context examples 


One of the reasons Earth has remained habitable is that this chemical cycle is slightly imbalanced, Hemingway says.

(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)

Atmospheric carbon dioxide, Hemingway notes, is an inorganic form of carbon.

(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)

Knowing exactly how that process occurs could help explain why the mixture of gases in the atmosphere has remained stable for so long, says lead author Jordon Hemingway.

(Carbon hides in sediment, keeping oxygen in atmosphere, National Science Foundation)



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