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Definition: Eisenhower |
EisenhowerNoun1. As Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force he supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: EisenhowerSynonyms: Dwight D. Eisenhower (n), Dwight David Eisenhower (n), Dwight Eisenhower (n), Ike (n), President Eisenhower (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Money | Penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper; two-cent piece three-cent piece, half-dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B. Anthony dollar. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eisenhower |
| English words defined with "Eisenhower": administration ♦ Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower ♦ Nixon ♦ presidency, President Eisenhower, President Nixon, presidential term ♦ Richard M. Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon, Richard Nixon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Eisenhower" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (Eisenhower). |
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Screenplays | I mean, if, uh, Eisenhower were here instead of me, he'd be dead by now. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Among you there may be a future Elenoar Roosevelt or a Rosemary Clooney, and among you young men, there may be a Joe DiMaggio, a President Eisenhower, or a Vice-President Nixon. (Grease; writing credit: Jim Jacobs; Warren Casey) There's a rumor Eisenhower died. (Quiz Show; writing credit: Paul Attanasio) Flash! President Eisenhower in a surprise move resigned from office this morning in order to join a Buddhist monastery. (Quantum Leap; writing credit: Ya'ackov Lazar; Jonathan Paz) | |
Lyrics | '52 Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new Queen ("We Didn't Start The Fire"; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Speeches of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1988) Eisenhower & Lutz (1988) | |
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 | H. Arnold Karo and President Dwight David Eisenhower 150th Anniversary Dinner of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | U.S. Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology : [President Eisenhower speaking at the Dedication Ceremonies].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U.S. Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology : [President Eisenhower speaking at the Dedication Ceremonies].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Armed Forces Institute Of Pathology : [President Eisenhower shaking hands with medical officers].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Biggest damfool mistake I ever made. |
Dwight David Eisenhower | May we know unity - without uniformity. |
| A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. | |
| You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. | |
| Every step we take toward making the State the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our master. | |
President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice. |
| Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. | |
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Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | President Eisenhower and President Johnson expressed the same conclusion during their terms of office. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I cannot find better words than those used by President Eisenhower that evening. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | This year, four decades after it was first proposed by President Eisenhower, a comprehensive nuclear test ban is within reach. |
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| "Eisenhower" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Eisenhower" is used about 333 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% | 333 | 15,728 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Eisenhower" 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 |
| Eisenhower | Last name | 1,000 | 16,178 |
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Expressions using "Eisenhower": Dwight D. Eisenhower ♦ Dwight David Eisenhower ♦ Dwight Eisenhower ♦ Eisenhower dollar ♦ president Eisenhower. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Eisenhower": eisenhower-dulles-strategic-bomber. | |
Ending with "Eisenhower": Stevenson-eisenhower. | |
| 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 |
eisenhower | 290 |
dwight d eisenhower | 184 |
dwight eisenhower | 175 |
eisenhower park | 120 |
president eisenhower | 50 |
john eisenhower | 49 |
eisenhower state park | 42 |
eisenhower high school | 42 |
eisenhower tunnel | 31 |
eisenhower golf course | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Eisenhower"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Eisenhower. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eisenhoweray.(various references) | |
Russian | эйзенхауэр. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ajzenhauer. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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"Eisenhower" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eisenhowers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-n-o-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: heroines, nowheres, sheenier, weensier. | |
-3 letters: eserine, henries, heroine, heroins, inheres, inshore, newsier, nowhere, reshine, reshone, reshown, sheenie, showier, snowier, weenier, weenies, weiners, wherein, whereon, whiners, wieners. | |
-4 letters: eosine, erenow, herein, hereon, heroes, heroin, herons, hewers, honers, hosier, inhere, irones, nereis, newies, newish, newsie, nosher, nosier, nowise, owners, renews, reseen, resewn, reshoe, reshow, resown, rewins, rhinos, rowens, seiner, senhor, senior, serein, serene, serine, shewer, shiner, shower, shrine, soiree, weenie, weiner, wheens, wheres, whiner, whines, whores, wiener, winoes, wisher, worsen. | |
-5 letters: eerie, enows, eosin, ernes, erose, ewers, heirs, heres, herns, heron, heros, hewer, hires, hoers, hoise, honer, hones, horns, horse, hosen, howes, irone, irons, newer, newie, noirs, noise, noris, ornis, osier, owner, owsen, reins, renew, resee, resew, resin, resow, rewin, rewon, rhino, rinse, risen, rosin, rowen, seine, senor, serin, serow, sewer, sheen, sheer, shewn, shier, shine, shire, shoer, shone, shore, shorn, shown, shrew, sinew, siree, siren, sneer, snore, sower, sweer, swine, swore, sworn, weens, weirs, wheen, whens, where, whine, whins, whirs, whore, whose, wines, winos, wires, wiser, worse, wrens, wries. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-i-n-o-r-s-w" | |
+5 letters: seaworthinesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 69 73 65 6E 68 6F 77 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .. ... . -. .... --- .--. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101001 01110011 01100101 01101110 01101000 01101111 01110111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E i s e n h o w e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0069 0073 0065 006E 0068 006F 0077 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39758571807481897184 |
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