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Emcee

Definitions: Emcee

Emcee

Noun

1. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).

Verb

1. Act as a master of ceremonies.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Emcee

DomainDefinitions

Law

A person who acts as a host for a variety program or other stage entertainment introducing other performers to the audience. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Emcee

Synonyms: host (n), master of ceremonies (n), compere (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: quizmaster (law, sports & leisure).

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Modern Usage: Emcee

DomainUsage

Lyrics

A General, a Doctor, maybe a emcee ("Just the Two of Us"; performing artist: Will Smith)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Emcee

DomainTitle

References

  • EMCEE Broadcast Products, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • EMCEE BROADCAST PRODUCTS, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

  • Emcee Monty Hall (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Emcee

Computer Images:
Emcee

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Usage in Company Names: Emcee

CountryName
USA

EMCEE Broadcast Products, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Emcee

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

emcee

140

battle emcee

111

wedding emcee

33

emcee island rhode

16

emcee ma

16

emcee shore south

16

boston emcee

16

emcee england new

16

emcee ri

16

central emcee

8

ashtray emcee

7

emcee joke

6

emcee universal

5

emcee joke wedding

5

brdy emcee

5

emcee broadcast

4

emcee federation freestylin

4

emcee speech

4

emcee jin

4

armory emcee

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Emcee

Language Translations for "emcee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

konferovat (compere, confer, host), konferenciér (compere, entertainer, host, presenter, question master). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vaert (anchor man, host, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster), ordstyrer (anchor man, chair, chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster), konferencier (anchor man, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tilaisuuden isäntä (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster). (various references)

   

French

  

meneur de jeu, maître de cérémonie, animateur. (various references)

   

German

  

zeremonienmeister (m.c., master of ceremonies), Spielleiter (anchor man, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, producer, quizmaster), showmaster (master of ceremonies), Quizmaster (anchor man, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, question master, quizmaster), conferancier (master of ceremonies), Conférencier (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παρουσιαστής (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Italian

  

presentatore (anchor man, announcer, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emceeay

   

Portuguese

  

apresentador (anchor man, announcer, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, quizmaster), animador (anchor man, animator, cheering, compere, impeller, liver, living, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster, rousing). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

presentador (anchor man, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, quizmaster), director de escena (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster, stage manager), director artístico (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster), animador (anchor man, animator, cheer, cheerleader, community education worker, compere, entertainer, fugleman, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

presentatör (anchor man, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, presenter, quizmaster), konferencier (anchor man, compere, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator, quizmaster). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เป็นโฆษก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sunucu (anchor, announcer, hostess, presenter), sunmak (bring in, confer, dish, dish up, exhibit, furnish, go over, go through, help smb. to smth., hold forth, initiate, introduce, lay, Lodge, offer, pass in, pitch, prefer, present, proffer, put forward, put in, put to, put up, render, report, represent, serve up, shew, submit, table, tender), sergilemek (display, display of smth., execute, exhibit, expose, flourish, set out, shew, show), protokol yetkilisi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Emcee

Derivations

Words beginning with "emcee": emceed, emceeing, emcees. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Emcee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amcee, Amecea, ecae, Ecma, ecree, ecy, eency, Ehmcke, Ehmke, emceez, Emcer, Emcom, Emec, emee, emie, emk, emmccee, Emser, enced, ences, encou, Encreve, ency, Enke, Enketei, erce, ercy, esce, Esmee, etce, Etchege, Lembeke, mecy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Emcee

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-m"

-2 letters: cee, eme.

-3 letters: em, me.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-m"
 

+1 letter: emceed, emcees.

 

+3 letters: cameleer, cemented, cementer, cemetery, cerement, coredeem, ectomere, emceeing, eminence, mergence, reremice.

 

+4 letters: cameleers, cementers, cementite, cerements, compeered, coredeems, decameter, decimeter, decrement, ectomeres, ejectment, emergence, emergency, eminences, excisemen, excrement, merceries, mercerise, mercerize, mergences, peacetime, piecemeal, remanence, schmeered, selectmen, semierect, timepiece, vehemence.

 

+5 letters: amercement, ceilometer, cementites, cemeteries, centimeter, centromere, cerebellum, ceremonies, chemisette, clemencies, comedienne, competence, coredeemed, creameries, decameters, decimeters, decrements, defacement, defenceman, defencemen, effacement, ejectments, elecampane, emergences, eminencies, encasement, encumbered, enlacement, enticement, escapement, excitement, excrements, hectometer, medevacked, mercerised, mercerises, mercerized, mercerizes, mesenchyme, mesenteric, metacenter, peacemaker, peacetimes, permanence, recommence, recompense, remanences, securement, seducement, semisecret, servicemen, telemetric, temperance, timepieces, tumescence, vehemences.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Emcee


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6D 63 65 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    --    -.-.    .    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101101 01100011 01100101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#109 &#99 &#101 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006D 0063 0065 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3979697171

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Names: Company Usage
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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