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Definitions: Hume |
HumeNoun1. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Hume" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Hume (David), the historian, takes the lead among modern philosophical sceptics. His great argument is this: It is more likely that testimony should be false than that miracles should be true. (1711-1776.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: HumeSynonym: David Hume (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hume |
| English words defined with "Hume": David Hume ♦ Reid ♦ Thomas Reid ♦ Wallace Hume Carothers. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Hume": Hewson ♦ Idealists ♦ Sedan Chairs ♦ Willie-Wastle. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Hume": Humite. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell & Captain Hume, his aide-de-camp, the general sitting. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Captain Hume on the staff of Sir John Campbell & his brother. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Officers of the 90th [i.e., 38th] Regiment (Captain Hume and Captain Snodgrass). Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
David Hume | Avarice, the spur of industry. |
| The law always limits every power it gives. | |
| And what is the greatest number? Number one. | |
| Custom, then, is the great guide of human life. | |
| It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. | |
| Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. | |
| Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals. | |
| The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds. | |
| He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. | |
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| "Hume" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.70% of the time. "Hume" is used about 233 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) | 92.7% | 216 | 20,583 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.86% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.58% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (common) | 0.86% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 233 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hume" 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 |
| Hume | Last name | 2,000 | 4,998 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| India | Indian Hume Pipe Company Limited (The) | Japan | Nippon Hume Corporation |
| Malaysia | Hume Industries (Malaysia) Berhad | ||
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1. Hume, IL (village, FIPS 36568) 2. Hume, MO (town, FIPS 33724) 3. Hume, VA |
Expressions using "Hume": David Hume ♦ Wallace Hume Carothers. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Hume": Hume-adams, Hume-gerry, hume-rothery. | |
Ending with "Hume": Kendall-hume. | |
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| 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 |
hume cronyn | 914 | hume travel.com | 12 |
david hume | 195 | gary hume | 11 |
hume | 138 | cronyn hume photo | 11 |
brit hume | 77 | don hume leather | 10 |
camp christian hume lake | 67 | cronyn hume picture | 10 |
hume lake | 57 | hume va | 9 |
don hume | 51 | brit fox hume news | 9 |
noel hume | 42 | hume kim | 9 |
hume ca | 38 | camping hume lake | 9 |
cronin hume | 33 | fogg hume | 8 |
kirsty hume | 30 | hume kristy | 8 |
hume travel | 29 | rob hume | 8 |
don hume holsters | 25 | hume mo | 7 |
ed hume | 23 | cooper cronyn hume susan | 7 |
hume properties | 22 | hume ny | 6 |
ca hume lake | 20 | cronym hume | 6 |
john hume | 20 | campground hume lake | 6 |
california hume lake | 19 | biography cronyn hume | 6 |
croyn hume | 17 | hume philosophy | 6 |
camp hume lake | 14 | city council hume | 6 |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Syrmaticus humiae. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Hume": humectant, humectants, humeral, humerals, humeri, humerus. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Hume": exhume, imposthume, inhume. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Hume": catechumen, catechumens, exhumed, exhumer, exhumers, exhumes, imposthumes, inhumed, inhumer, inhumers, inhumes. (additional references) | |
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"Hume" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahuma, Hameh, Hhmi, Himeji, Huie, Hune, Kume, Ohsumi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-m-u" | |
-1 letter: emu, hem, hue, hum. | |
-2 letters: eh, em, he, hm, me, mu, uh, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-m-u" | |
+1 letter: rheum. | |
+2 letters: exhume, heaume, helium, humane, humate, humble, humeri, hummed, hummer, humped, humvee, inhume, muches, mushed, musher, mushes, rheums, rheumy, unhelm, unmesh. | |
+3 letters: bethump, bushmen, chetrum, chummed, chumped, exhumed, exhumer, exhumes, gumshoe, heaumes, hegumen, heliums, humaner, humates, humbled, humbler, humbles, humeral, humerus, hummers, humored, humphed, humpier, humuses, humvees, hutment, inhumed, inhumer, inhumes, meshuga, mezuzah, mouched, mouches, mouthed, mouther, mudhole, muhlies, mulched, mulches, munched, muncher, munches, murther, mushers, mushier, mutches, rhenium, rheumic, thumbed, thumped, thumper, unhelms, vermuth, whumped. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 75 6D 65 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... ..- -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01110101 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H u m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0075 006D 0065 |
| 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)42877971 |
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