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Alma meaning

An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

Using Alma

  • The main meaning on this page is: An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
  • In the example corpus, alma often appears in combinations such as: alma mater, his alma, her alma.

Context around Alma

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 15 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

swanson 5× college 1× school 1× four 1× told 1× led 1× paintings 1× inc 1×

Often after:

tadema 12× mater 5× gold 2× house 1× lodge 1× senior 1× realizes 1× lasers 1× college 1×

Sentence patterns with Alma

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

swanson alma tadema p 4× abbvie inc alma lasers gmbh 1× action in alma tadema s 1× alma 13 and 1× alma college has 1× alma gold is 1× alma gold s 1× alma house dates 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

swanson alma tadema 4× a 2007 story 1× abbvie inc alma 1× adams 66 is 1× after his firing 1× alma 13 and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a state championships 1× bit too expensive 1× client of inn 1× close to them 1× compared to cheese 1× cynosure llc el 1×

Words around Alma

Just before it in the word index:

alm 32 allyuh 3 allyssa 4 allyson 32 allysin 2 allysia 2

Just after it in the word index:

almack 2 almada 11 almaden 4 almadex 3 almadi 3 almagest 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

acquitted 537 apologize 537 aquatic 537 breakup 537 brits 537 clement 537

Corpus analysis for Alma

  • In this selection, "alma" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, swanson, college, school, tadema, mater and gold stand out and add context to how "alma" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include swanson alma tadema p and abbvie inc alma lasers gmbh. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "alma" sits close to words such as acquitted, apologize and aquatic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with alma

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Alma Gold is a client of INN. (7 words)

Adams, 66, is in his second season coaching at his alma mater. (12 words)

After his firing by Cincy, West Virginia, his alma mater, was waiting. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The models for many of the participants and spectators were Tadema's friends and members of his family Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 130 For all the quiet charm and erudition of his paintings, Alma-Tadema himself preserved a youthful sense of mischief. (42 words)

A 2007 story published by Todd Sturgeon’s alma mater, DePauw University, quoted an Indianapolis Star article about his retirement from the University of Indianapolis that year, in which he said his son Connor inspired him to step down from the team. (42 words)

She engaged a teacher, Grace Raine.sfn After three lessons, Raine told Alma that young Doris had "tremendous potential", which led Alma to give her daughter three lessons a week for the price of one. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Alma House dates from 1865 and was originally called Alma Lodge, having been named after the Battle of Alma which, in 1854, was the first battle of the Crimean War.

Arsenault is hired by her college alma mater after leading her high school alma mater, Cheverus, to two of the last three Class A state championships.

Eggenberger is the child of Ben and Kristina Eggenberger of Alma and is a graduate of Alma Senior High School.

Ministry of Alma among the Nephites Towards the end of chapter four, Alma realizes that the affairs of the Church require his entire concentration.

Portrait of Alma Tadema During this time, Alma-Tadema was very active with theatre design and production, designing many costumes.

She engaged a teacher, Grace Raine.sfn After three lessons, Raine told Alma that young Doris had "tremendous potential", which led Alma to give her daughter three lessons a week for the price of one.

Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 12. Alma-Tadema related that although Leys thought the completed painting better than he had expected, he was critical of the treatment of marble, which he compared to cheese.

Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 13. Nothing is known of their meeting and little of Pauline herself, as Alma-Tadema never spoke about her after her death in 1869.

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Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 52 There is little action in Alma-Tadema's paintings; here the two women are just probably waiting for a lover.

Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 59. From this sale, the interest in Alma-Tadema was re-awakened.

The models for many of the participants and spectators were Tadema's friends and members of his family Swanson, Alma-Tadema, p. 130 For all the quiet charm and erudition of his paintings, Alma-Tadema himself preserved a youthful sense of mischief.

A 2007 story published by Todd Sturgeon’s alma mater, DePauw University, quoted an Indianapolis Star article about his retirement from the University of Indianapolis that year, in which he said his son Connor inspired him to step down from the team.

AbbVie Inc., Alma Lasers GmbH, AngioDynamics Inc., Bausch Health Co Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Candela Corp, Cutera Inc., Cynosure LLC, El.

Adams, 66, is in his second season coaching at his alma mater.

After his firing by Cincy, West Virginia, his alma mater, was waiting.

Alma, 13, and Noam Or, 16, siblings who were released by Hamas on Saturday, received similarly devastating news, according to reports from those close to them.

Alma College has released the Dean’s List for those students who achieved outstanding academic performance during the 2022 Fall.

Alma Gold is a client of INN.

Alma Gold’s CEO Greg Isenor has a long track record of working in West Africa and leading projects with a high ESG rating.

Alma said: “We used the Foundry for a couple of weeks but it was proving a bit too expensive.

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Common combinations with alma

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "alma" in a sentence?
An example: "Alma House dates from 1865 and was originally called Alma Lodge, having been named after the Battle of Alma which, in 1854, was the first battle of the Crimean War." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "alma" from authentic English texts.
What does "alma" mean?
Alma means: An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
How many example sentences with "alma" are there?
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