Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wright
IPA transcription: [ɹ'aɪt]
Pronunciations of wright
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wright
    Meaning: someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Frances_Wright, Fanny_Wright
    Meaning: United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Frank_Lloyd_Wright
    Meaning: influential United States architect (1869-1959)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Orville_Wright
    Meaning: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Wilbur_Wright
    Meaning: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Richard_Wright
    Meaning: United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
  • Synonyms: Wright, Willard_Huntington_Wright, S._S._Van_Dine
    Meaning: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
Usage examples
  • Edna Wright must have told her all about last year."
  • Simpson and Wright are near the instruments in their corner.
  • "Really, Miss Crosby," said Edna Wright, "you are very amusing."
  • Her mother, who was known by the name of Betsy Wright, escaped when she (Lucinda) was seven years of age.
  • On came the other machines, Andy in the lead, then the Santos-Dumont, then the Farman, and lastly the Wright.
  • All this Eleanor had heard, among other things, from Edna Wright, but had paid little attention to it when Edna had told her.
  • Wilson, Cherry-Garrard, Wright, Griffith Taylor, Debenham, Crean, and Browning have been driving ponies, a task at which I have assisted myself once or twice.
  • Dr. Wright estimates that there is not less than 1,000,000 square miles of territory in North America covered with glacial debris to an average depth of 50 feet.
  • Charley, a bright little fellow only three years of age, was "contented and happy" enough. Lucinda left her father, Moses Edgar Wright, and two brothers, both slaves.
  • Wright and Forde have almost completed the absolute hut, a patchwork building for which the framework only was brought--but it will be very well adapted for our needs.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bill Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Miracle on 34th Street, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ayn Rand, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hillary Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William Wright Heard, License CC BY-SA 4.0