English Dictionary

UPDIKE

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IPA (US): 

Overview

UPDIKE (noun)
  The noun UPDIKE has 1 sense:

1. United States author (born 1932)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


UPDIKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States author (born 1932)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Hoyer Updike; John Updike; Updike

Instance hypernyms:

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


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