Bennett

Definition: Bennett

Bennett

Noun

1. United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928).

"Bennett" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be blessed".

Date "Bennett" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references)

Synonym: Bennett

Synonym: Floyd Bennett (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Bennett

English words defined with "Bennett": Floyd Bennett. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Bennett": Bennett fracture ♦ Distributed Smalltalk ♦ Radiative Collapse ♦ SIMPAC. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Blast that interfering next door neighbor of mine, Grace Bennett! (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan) Let off some steam, Bennett. (Commando; writing credit: Joseph Loeb III; Matthew Weisman) I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some Tony Bennett records. (The Godfather: Part III; writing credit: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola) Then we'll go see Tony Bennett. (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; writing credit: Paul Mazursky; Larry Tucker)
Movie/TV Titles	The Tony Bennett Show (1956) België en de Coupe Gordon Bennett (1923) Unplugged: Tony Bennett (1994) Tony Bennett: Special Evening with Tony Bennett (1981)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	David Bennett Cohen Teaches Blues Piano: A Hands-On Course in Traditional Blues Piano (Listen & Learn) (reference) The Man to See : Edward Bennett Williams : Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer (reference) What My Heart Has Seen: Tony Bennett (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bennett Exchange (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Playin With My Friends: Bennett Sings Blues (Ssm) [SACD] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Stephanolepsis spilosomus (Lay & Bennett). O'ili. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate LXV.Credit: Fisheries.		Chaetodon fremblii Bennett. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate LI.Credit: Fisheries.
	A picnic for tennant farmers of the Duke Power Co. near Mooresvill, North carolina. Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett (left) first Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and Mr. Roach Stewart (Duke Power Co.).Credit: Unknown.		Hugh Hammond Bennett (2nd from left), first Chiel of the Soil Conservation Service, meets with journalists.Credit: Unknown.
	Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Hammond Bennett vists a farm in Coon Valley, Wisconsin.Credit: M. F. Schweers.		Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennett, (2nd from left), first Chief of the Soil Conservation Service and others at the site of the Nation's first watershed project in Coon Vally, Wisconsin.Credit: Unknown.
	Tom Bennett discussing grazing rotation and rangeland management with Gilliam County, Oregon rancher.Credit: Ron Nichols.		Plant pathologist Rick Bennett examines fungi that may be used for biological control of pernicious weeds. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Rick Bennett examines roots of a leafy spurge from Russia for pathogens which could be used for biocontrol of this weed in the United States. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..		Kelton road between Bennett Creek and Teapot DomeOregon TrailLower Snake River District.Credit: W. Meyer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
James Gordon Bennett	Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.
	I tell the honest truth in my paper, and leave the consequences to God. Could I leave them in Better hands?
Jesse Bennett	The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty.
William Bennett	If at you first you doubt, doubt again.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	India	The Times of India, the flagship of the Bennett Coleman Group, is India's largest selling English-language newspaper, with a readership base of 4.5 million across India. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Opening up the teaching profession to all qualified candidates, merit pay, so that good teachers get A's as well as apples, and stronger curriculum, as Secretary Bennett has proposed for high schools.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Bennett" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.87% of the time. "Bennett" is used about 783 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)	99.87%	782	8,845
Noun (singular)	0.13%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	783	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Bennett" 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
Bennett	First name Male	8,000	785
Bennett	Last name	99,000	77
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Bennett" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be blessed".

The following table summarizes names related to "Bennett."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Benedikta	Female	Czech	Benedict
Bendt	Male	Danish	Benedict
Benedikte	Female	Danish	Benedict
Bent	Male	Danish	Benedict
Benedict	Male	English	N/A
Benedicta	Female	English	Benedict
Bennett	Male	English	Benedict
Benson	Male	English	Benedict
Pentti	Male	Finnish	Benedict
Bénédicte	Female	French	Benedict
Benoit	Male	French	Benedict
Benoite	Female	French	Benedict
Benedikt	Male	German	Benedict
Benedikta	Female	German	Benedict
Benedek	Male	Hungarian	Benedict
Benedetta	Female	Italian	Benedict
Benedetto	Male	Italian	Benedict
Benesh	Male	Jewish	Benedict
Benedicta	Female	Late Roman	Benedict
Bendiks	Male	Latvian	Benedict
Benedikte	Female	Norwegian	Benedict
Benedita	Female	Portuguese	Benedict
Benedito	Male	Portuguese	Benedict
Bento	Male	Portuguese	Benedict
Benito	Male	Spanish	Benedict
Bengt	Male	Swedish	Benedict
Bengta	Female	Swedish	Benedict
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Bennett, CO (town, FIPS 6090)
Location: 39.75514 N, 104.42341 W
Population (1990): 1757 (654 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 80102
Country: USA

2. Bennett, IA (city, FIPS 5770)
Location: 41.73972 N, 90.97426 W
Population (1990): 395 (166 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 52721
Country: USA

3. Bennett, NC
Zip Code(s): 27208
Country: USA

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Expression: Bennett

Expressions using "Bennett": Bennett County ♦ Bennett fracture ♦ Floyd Bennett. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Bennett": Wheeler-bennett.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bennett

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
tony bennett	381	bennett missouri springs	25
bennett	210	bennett bob ford	24
william bennett	105	john bennett	24
puritan bennett	96	dobyns bennett high school	24
bennett college	92	bennett gambling william	22
bennett springs	78	richard bennett	22
bennett trim tab	73	bennett mo springs	22
bill bennett	71	greg bennett	21
bennett park springs state	45	bennett express motor	20
michael bennett	41	b bennett	19
bennett jones	39	bennett brother	19
joan bennett	37	bennett course golf little	19
bob bennett	36	jay bennett	18
bennett colorado	32	gordon bennett	18
david bennett	32	jonathan bennett	17
bennett lyrics tony	31	bennett olivia	17
william j bennett	29	bennett environmental	17
nellcor puritan bennett	28	robert bennett	17
bennett cerf	26	bennett deloney	17
bennett reggie	26	jason bennett	17
bennett field floyd	26	bennett park spring state	17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bennett

Language		Translations for "Bennett"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Bennett-ventil (Bennett valve), Bennett's varicoceleoperation (Bennett Operation), Bennett's syge (Bennett disease), Bennett's retractor (Bennett retractor), Bennett's operation (Bennett operation), Bennett's metode (Bennett method), Bennett's lateralbevægelse (Bennett lateral movement), Bennett's klassifikation af bidanomalier (Bennett classification), Bennett's fraktur (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), Bennett-respirator (Bennett respirator), leukæmi (Bennett disease, leukemia, leukocythemia, leukosis, lymphemia). (various references)

Dutch		boksersfractuur (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), ziekte van Bennett (Bennett disease), retractor van Bennett (Bennett retractor), respirator van Bennett (Bennett respirator), operatie van Bennett (Bennett operation), methode van Bennett (Bennett method), fractuur van Bennett (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), classificatie van Bennett (Bennett classification). (various references)

French		soupape de Bennett (Bennett valve), respirateur de Bennett (Bennett respirator), opération de Bennett (Bennett operation), mouvement de latéro-déviation de Bennett (Bennett lateral movement), maladie de Bennett (Bennett disease), méthode de Bennett (Bennett method), fracture de boxeurs (Bennett fracture), fracture de Bennett (Bennett fracture), classification de Bennett (Bennett classification), écarteur de Bennett (Bennett retractor). (various references)

German		Boxerfraktur (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), Bennett Ventil (Bennett valve), Bennett Transversalbewegung (Bennett lateral movement), Bennett Retraktor (Bennett retractor), Bennett Respirator (Bennett respirator), Bennett Operation (Bennett operation), Bennett Muskelretraktor (Bennett retractor), Bennett Methode (Bennett method), Bennett Lateralbewegung (Bennett lateral movement), Bennett Krankheit (Bennett disease), Bennett Klassifikation (Bennett classification), Bennett Fraktur (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), Bennett Bewegung (Bennett lateral movement), Bennett Assistor (Bennett respirator), Hirtenstabfraktur (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb). (various references)

Greek		κάταγμα των μποξέρ (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), κάταγμα του Bennett (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), βαλβίς του BENNETT (Bennett valve), νόσος του BENNETT (Bennett disease), μέθοδος του Bennett (Bennett method), πλαγία κίνησις κατά BENNETΤ (Bennett lateral movement), επέμβασις του Bennett (Bennett Operation), άγκιστρον του Bennett (Bennett retractor), αναπνευστήρ του Bennett (Bennett respirator), απόκλισις κατά BENNETT (Bennett lateral movement), ταξινόμησις κατά BENNETT (Bennett classification). (various references)

Italian		frattura di Bennet (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), frattura del pugile (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb). (various references)

Pig Latin		ennettbay

Portuguese		valva de Bennett (Bennett valve), movimento lateral de Bennett (Bennett lateral movement). (various references)

Spanish		retractor de Bennett (Bennett retractor), respirador de Bennett (Bennett respirator), operación de Bennett (Bennett Operation), operación de Bennet (Bennett operation), método de Bennett (Bennett method), fractura de Bennet (Bennett fracture, boxer's fracture, stave of the thumb), enfermedad de Bennett (Bennett disease), clasificación de Bennet (Bennett classification). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Bennett

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Dendrolagus bennettianus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Bennett

Misspellings
	"Bennett" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bendetti, Bene't, Benett, Beninta, Benmnett, Benneton, Benotti, Bonnett, Bonytt, Bunnett. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bennett

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-n-n-t-t"
	-1 letter: bennet.
	-2 letters: benne, tenet.
	-3 letters: been, beet, bene, bent, nene, nett, teen, tent.
	-4 letters: bee, ben, bet, neb, nee, net, tee, ten, tet.
	-5 letters: be, en, et, ne.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-n-n-t-t"
	+2 letters: bentonite.
	+3 letters: bannerette, bentonites, entombment, tenantable.
	+4 letters: bannerettes, benefitting, entombments, snakebitten.
	+5 letters: unpatentable.
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