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IRVING
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• IRVING (noun)
The noun IRVING has 2 senses:
1. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)
2. United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
Familiarity information: IRVING used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Irving; Washington Irving
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Irving; John Irving
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Context examples
The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center is Columbia University's organizational component for the conduct of basic, clinical, and population-based cancer research and patient care.
(Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
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