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- [loo-is]
- /ˈlu ɪs/
- /ˈluːɪs/
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- [loo-is]
- /ˈlu ɪs/
Definitions of lewis word
- noun lewis Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete. 1
- noun lewis C(ecil) Day, 1904–72, British poet: poet laureate after 1968. 1
- noun lewis C(live) S(taples) [stey-puh lz] /ˈsteɪ pəlz/ (Show IPA), ("Clive Hamilton") 1898–1963, English novelist and essayist. 1
- noun lewis Edward, 1918–2004, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize 1995. 1
- noun lewis Gilbert Newton, 1875–1946, U.S. chemist. 1
- noun lewis (Harry) Sinclair, 1885–1951, U.S. novelist, playwright, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1930. 1
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Origin of lewis
First appearance:
before 1730 One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1730-40; perhaps after the surname of the inventor
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Parts of speech for Lewis
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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lewis popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
lewis usage trend in Literature
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