INGE

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• INGE (noun)
  The noun INGE has 2 senses:

1. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)

2. United States playwright (1913-1973)

  Familiarity information: INGE used as a noun is rare.

• INGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gloomy Dean; Inge; William Ralph Inge

Instance hypernyms:

archpriest; hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate (a senior clergyman and dignitary)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States playwright (1913-1973)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Inge; William Inge

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

 Context examples 

The theory that Earth has a solid core was first proposed in 1936 when female Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann reanalysed data from the magnitude-7.3 1929 earthquake that struck New Zealand's south island.

(Earth's Core Confirmed to Be Solid After 80 Years of Study, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)