holmes

Holmes

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hohmz, hohlmz]
- /hoʊmz, hoʊlmz/
- /həʊmz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohmz, hohlmz]
- /hoʊmz, hoʊlmz/

Definitions of holmes word

noun holmes John Haynes [heynz] /heɪnz/ (Show IPA), 1879–1964, U.S. clergyman. 1
noun holmes Oliver Wendell [wen-dl] /ˈwɛn dl/ (Show IPA), 1809–94, U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, and physician. 1
noun holmes his son, Oliver Wendell, 1841–1935, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1902–32. 1
noun holmes Sherlock, a detective in many mystery stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1
noun holmes (slang) An informal address, like man or dude. 1
noun holmes Oliver Wendell. 1809–94, US author, esp of humorous essays, such as The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) and its sequels 0

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Parts of speech for Holmes

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

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exclamation

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holmes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

holmes usage trend in Literature

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