Wondering how to use Addax in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as antelope.
Addax in a sentence
Addax meaning
A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
Synonyms of Addax
Using Addax
- The main meaning on this page is: A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing horns which lives in the desert.
- Useful related words include: addax nasomaculatus, antelope.
- In the example corpus, addax often appears in combinations such as: addax addax.
Context around Addax
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Addax
- In this selection, "addax" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dammah, 200, birth, nasomaculatus and petroleum stand out and add context to how "addax" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addax have been and dammah addax addax nasomaculatus and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "addax" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with addax
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The scimitar-horned oryx followed suit, while the addax became critically endangered. (12 words)
He previously worked for Global Dimension Nigeria limited; a firm which rendered services to Addax petroleum. (16 words)
Extinct species from the area include the scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah), addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus). (19 words)
The government’s move to recover the funds from Addax came three months after a report on how the Chinese firm allegedly paid millions of dollars in bribes to Nigerian officials to secure juicy contracts in the oil industry. (39 words)
Addax have been a part of the Louisville Zoo since it opened in 1969 and with this birth the Zoo is averaging more than an addax birth a year for this critically endangered species. (34 words)
However, the species' striking appearance made it (along with the closely related scimitar-horned oryx and addax) a popular quarry for sport hunters, especially foreign executives of oil companies working in the region. (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
Addax have been a part of the Louisville Zoo since it opened in 1969 and with this birth the Zoo is averaging more than an addax birth a year for this critically endangered species.
Extinct species from the area include the scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah), addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus).
He previously worked for Global Dimension Nigeria limited; a firm which rendered services to Addax petroleum.
The government’s move to recover the funds from Addax came three months after a report on how the Chinese firm allegedly paid millions of dollars in bribes to Nigerian officials to secure juicy contracts in the oil industry.
The situation had deteriorated drastically as a few years before the 2016 report, researchers reported there were likely only 200 addax antelopes remaining in the wild in Niger.
However, the species' striking appearance made it (along with the closely related scimitar-horned oryx and addax) a popular quarry for sport hunters, especially foreign executives of oil companies working in the region.
The scimitar-horned oryx followed suit, while the addax became critically endangered.
Common combinations with addax
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: