Beckett

Definition: Beckett

Beckett

Noun

1. An author born in Ireland who lived in France; wrote plays for the Theater of the Absurd (1906-1989).

Synonym: Beckett

Synonym: Samuel Beckett (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Beckett

English words defined with "Beckett": Samuel Beckett ♦ theater of the absurd. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles (Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles, 7) (reference) Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide (Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide, 24) (reference) Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide 2003 (Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide, 10) (reference) Beckett Football Card Price Guide (Beckett Football Card Price Guide, 19) (reference) Beckett Racing Price Guide and Alphabetical Checklist (Beckett Racing Collectibles and Die-Cast Price Guide, 7) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Beckett Football Card Monthly (reference) Beckett Hockey Collector (reference) Beckett Racing & Motorsports Marketplace (reference) Beckett Sports Collectibles (reference) Journal Of Beckett Studies (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Beckett on Film DVD Set (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Consumer Goods	Beckett Corporation TB114 Townbridge Tabletop Fountain (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Ireland	Anglo-Irish writers, including Swift, Sheridan, Goldsmith, Burke, Wilde, Joyce, Yeats, Shaw, and Beckett, have made a major contribution to world literature over the past 300 years. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Beckett" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.88% of the time. "Beckett" is used about 236 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.88%	231	19,761
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.27%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.85%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	236	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Beckett" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Beckett	Last name	4,000	2,854
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Beckett, NJ (CDP, FIPS 4400)
Location: 39.75387 N, 75.35788 W
Population (1990): 3815 (1215 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expression: Beckett

Expressions using "Beckett": Beckett Ridge ♦ Samuel Beckett. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Beckett": beckett-like.
	Ending with "Beckett": Thomas-a-beckett.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Beckett

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
beckett	1,374
samuel beckett	158
beckett baseball	91
beckett price guide	88
beckett pump	73
baseball card beckett	71
online beckett	59
beckett collectible	57
card beckett	50
beckett pond	42
s beckett	40
beckett basketball	34
beckett corp	32
beckett corporation	32
beckett magazine	30
josh beckett	29
beckett yugioh	27
beckett gi oh yu	27
beckett yugioh.com	23
beckett fountain	22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Beckett

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-k-t-t"
	-1 letter: becket.
	-3 letters: beck, beet, cete, keet.
	-4 letters: bee, bet, cee, eke, tee, tet.
	-5 letters: be, et.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-k-t-t"
	+2 letters: buckteeth, trebucket.
	+3 letters: backstreet, bottleneck, trebuckets.
	+4 letters: backstreets, bottlenecks.
	+5 letters: bottlenecked.
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