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Definitions: Emerson |
EmersonNoun1. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Emerson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a work rule". |
Date "Emerson" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | EMERSON, Ralph Waldo, American writer who inspired his readers to conquer the world. Several have failed. Also advised the practical theory of hitching your wagon to the stars. Lived before the time of the taxi. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EmersonSynonym: Ralph Waldo Emerson (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Emerson |
| English words defined with "Emerson": Joseph Emerson Worcester ♦ Ralph Waldo Emerson. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Emerson": 07630 ♦ 30137 ♦ 51533 ♦ 68733 ♦ 71740 ♦ Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 ♦ Emerson plan, Ever ♦ Good samaritan laws ♦ Mermaids, model checking, Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act ♦ Never ♦ Saccharine Principle in Things ♦ Xerxes' Tears. (references) |
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Screenplays | Mr. Emerson, this is Freddy Honeychurch. (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.) | |
Clever | The borrower runs in his own debt. (references; author: Emerson) Cant is good to provoke common sense. (references; author: Emerson) No sensible person ever made an apology. (references; author: Emerson) The one prudence of life is concentration. (references; author: Emerson) Every noble activity makes room for itself. (references; author: Emerson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Faye Emerson Show (1950) Lake and Palmer: Welcome Back Emerson (1992) Emerson Park (1992) | |
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![]() | Commander Emerson Jones working with aerial photographs.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Mechanized level crew moving up Level party of Emerson E. Jones.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The mangold harvest / P.H. Emerson.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Osier peeling, Norfolk / P.H. Emerson.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Portrait of Brig. Gen. Emerson Opdycke, officer of the Federal Army.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Emerson House, Concord, Mass.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Baltimore from the Emerson Tower.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Horse and buggy at blacksmith shop on the farm of Emerson J. Leonard. Westville, Connecticut.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Shoeing a horse in the barn of Mr. Emerson J. Leonard. Wallingford, Connecticut.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Potomac Electric Power Co. apartments and kitchens. Houses at 200 Emerson Street N.W.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | To think is to act. |
| Every wall is a door. | |
| Be an opener of doors. | |
| A man is a god in ruins. | |
| Earth laughs in flowers. | |
| New arts destroy the old. | |
| The surest poison is time. | |
| All mankind loves a lover. | |
| We are prisoners of ideas. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Economic History | Slovak Rep | Important U.S. investors include USX (U.S. Steel), Emerson Electric, Philip Morris, Whirlpool, Johnson Controls, ON Semiconductor (formerly Motorola), Delphi Automotive, Citibank, and IBM. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Emerson" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emerson" is used about 213 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) | 100% | 213 | 20,749 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Emerson" 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 |
| Emerson | First name Male | 8,000 | 760 |
| Emerson | Last name | 13,000 | 926 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Emerson" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a work rule". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Emerson." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Emeric | Male | N/A | N/A |
| Emerson | Male | English | Emery |
| Emery | Male | English | Emeric |
| Emmerson | Male | English | Emerson |
| Emory | Male | English | Emery |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Emerson Electric Co. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Emerson, AR (town, FIPS 21580) 2. Emerson, GA (city, FIPS 27344) 3. Emerson, IA (city, FIPS 25500) 4. Emerson, NE (village, FIPS 15710) 5. Emerson, NJ (borough, FIPS 21450) |
Expressions using "Emerson": Emerson plan ♦ Joseph Emerson Worcester ♦ Ralph Waldo Emerson. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
emerson | 1,509 |
ralph waldo emerson | 712 |
emerson drive | 668 |
emerson and switchboard | 373 |
emerson electric | 343 |
lake palmer emerson | 276 |
emerson college | 260 |
emerson electronics | 247 |
emerson knife | 193 |
quote ralph waldo emerson | 127 |
emerson new jersey | 124 |
emerson fan | 120 |
emerson air conditioner | 117 |
emerson ceiling fan | 114 |
emerson tv | 102 |
emerson television | 87 |
emerson hospital | 85 |
emerson motor | 85 |
emerson radio | 78 |
emerson quote | 77 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Emerson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 爱默ç"Ÿ. (various references) | ||||
French | système Emerson (Emerson plan), salaire Emerson (Emerson plan), respirateur d'Emerson (Emerson respirator), appareil d'Emerson (Emerson respirator). (various references) | ||||
German | Emerson Beatmungsgerät (Emerson respirator). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | emersonay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Emerson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Edmeston, Emberson, Emersons, Emison, emmersons, Emmerton, Eperon, Eumaros, Ingerson, Kemerton, Meselson, Nemerov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: moreens. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-m-n-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: moreen, sermon. | |
-2 letters: enorm, ernes, erose, mense, meres, mesne, meson, mores, morns, morse, neems, nomes, norms, omens, omers, semen, senor, sneer, snore. | |
-3 letters: emes, eons, erne, erns, eros, meno, mere, mons, more, morn, mors, neem, noes, nome, noms, norm, nose, omen, omer, ones, ores, rees, rems, roes, roms, rose, seem, seen, seer, seme, sene, sere, some, sone, sore, sorn. | |
-4 letters: eme, ems, ens, eon, ere, ern, ers, men, mon, mor, mos, nee, nom, nor, nos, oes, oms, one, ons, ore, ors, ose, ree, rem, res, roe, rom, see, sen, ser, som, son. | |
-5 letters: em, en, er, es, me, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on, or, os, re, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-m-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: emersion, horsemen, modernes, moneyers, solemner, venomers. | |
+2 letters: demeanors, domineers, emersions, endoderms, endosperm, entoderms, fomenters, forenames, mezereons, modernest, modernise, moistener, monkeries, monoester, newcomers, overmines, oystermen, prenomens, remoisten, rousement, sermonize. | |
+3 letters: aeronomers, aeronomies, burdensome, centrosome, ceremonies, chernozems, commencers, commenders, condemners, contemners, demeanours, endodermis, endosperms, endotherms, enormities, enrolments, fermentors, fromenties, geomancers, greenrooms, heteronyms, homeowners, horsewomen, lobstermen, manoeuvres, manometers, mentioners, mesenteron, metronomes, minestrone, misnomered, modernised, modernises, modernizes, modernness, moisteners, monoesters, monometers, monotremes, moroseness, nanometers, neorealism, nethermost, newsmonger, noisemaker, nonmembers, pheromones, praenomens, premoisten, proenzymes, promenades, recombines, recommends, recompense, reemission, remoistens, remoteness, resummoned, rousements, sermonette, sermonized, sermonizer, sermonizes, somberness, stenotherm, superwomen, tonometers, tormenters, tremendous, treponemas, treponemes, unfreedoms, yeomanries. | |
+4 letters: amenorrheas, anemometers, camerlengos, centromeres, centrosomes, ceremonials, ceremonious, cinemagoers, clinometers, commandeers, comprehends, conferments, congressmen, contretemps, demonstrate, deportments, dermatogens, documenters, easternmost, echinoderms, economizers, egocentrism, emblazoners, enantiomers, encrimsoned, endorsement, engrossment, enrollments, enterostomy, enumerators, ergotamines, fellmongers, fisherwomen, freemasonry, goniometers, governments, hatemongers, hemosiderin, impersonate, indorsement, intermezzos, irksomeness, manometries, marionettes, mavourneens, mesonephric, mesonephroi, mesonephros, metanephros, minestrones, misdemeanor, misenrolled, misgoverned, misoriented, misreckoned, modernities, modernizers, monasteries, moneymakers, mongrelizes, monseigneur, neorealisms, nephrostome, newsmongers, noisemakers, omnipresent, overconsume, overmanages, overmantels, pentamerous, peritoneums, permeations, preemptions, premoistens, premonished, premonishes, promenaders, prominences, pycnometers, recommences, recompensed, recompenses, recoupments, redemptions, reemissions, remoistened, remonetizes, remonstrate, renominates, roominesses, salinometer, scaremonger, sermonettes, sermonizers, smokescreen, somerseting, stenotherms, supermodern, tensiometer, tensiometry, tonometries, urinometers, venturesome, washerwomen, watermelons, westernmost, wonderments. | |
+5 letters: actinometers, amentiferous, anemometries, cameraperson, chronometers, commanderies, commensurate, commentaries, concernments, costermonger, countermemos, countermines, countermoves, deforcements, demonstrable, demonstrated, demonstrates, densitometer, densitometry, divorcements, dynamometers, dysmenorrhea, econometrics, econometrist, egocentrisms, eleemosynary, emblazonries, embroilments, embryogenies, empowerments, endodermises, endometritis, endomorphies, endorsements, endothermies, enforcements, engorgements, engrossments, enormousness, enterostomal, enumerations, environments, extensometer, fearsomeness, ferromagnets, formalnesses, formlessness, frontiersmen, geometrising, goniometries, gruesomeness, hemoproteins, hemosiderins, heteronomies, heteronomous, homogenizers, honeymooners, impersonated, impersonates, implementors, improperness, improvements, indorsements, lampooneries, lemongrasses, longshoremen, melanophores, mifepristone, mineralogies, misconceiver, misdemeanors, moderateness, modernnesses, moneylenders, monodisperse, monoterpenes, morbidnesses, morosenesses, motherliness, mountaineers, necromancers, necromancies, nephrostomes, neurochemist, normotensive, numerologies, numerousness, omnipresence, outmaneuvers, overconsumed, overconsumes, overgarments, overpayments, performances, phrasemonger, pomegranates, predominates, premoistened, prenominates, procurements, promptnesses, randomnesses, recompensing, reimpression, remediations, remoistening, remonstrance, remonstrated, remonstrates, remotenesses, remunerators, renormalizes, salinometers, scaremongers, seminiferous, sensitometer, sensitometry, servicewoman, servicewomen, smokescreens, sombernesses, somersetting, stenothermal, storminesses, tensiometers, tensiometric, theobromines, theocentrism, thermoclines, tiresomeness, tremendously, unremorseful, volunteerism, warehouseman, warehousemen, whoremongers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 65 72 73 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m e r s o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0065 0072 0073 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39797184858180 |
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