How do you use Cebu in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like city or metropolis, plus the exact meaning.
Cebu meaning
- An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.
- A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cebu City.
- Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Philippines).
Synonyms of Cebu
Using Cebu
- The main meaning on this page is: An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. | A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cebu City. | Cebu City (a city, the provincial capital of Cebu, Philippines).
- Useful related words include: cebu city, city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, cebu often appears in combinations such as: cebu city, in cebu, the cebu.
Context around Cebu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cebu
- In this selection, "cebu" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carrier, others, iconic, city, province and caritas stand out and add context to how "cebu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among others cebu s oldest, and cebu cebu to negros and cebu city. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cebu" sits close to words such as chilly, collisions and diligence, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cebu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cebu Caritas President Fr. Alex Cola, Jr. said “This project is not only the work of Cebu Caritas. (18 words)
The basketball 3×3 competition’s initial venue was the Cebu Eastern College (CEC) also in downtown Cebu City. (19 words)
The two were reportedly heading for Cebu City from lighting candles in observance of Kalag-Kalag in Medellin, Cebu when the accident happened. (23 words)
Image source: Cebu Provincial Gov'tOver 2,700 women in Pinamungajan and Asturias joined the Women’s Summit organized by the Cebu Provincial Women’s Commission (PWC) as part of the celebration of the National Women’s Month this March. (40 words)
They are on top of the infrastructure, road networks, bridge networks, airports, seaports, pointing to the ongoing PPP project named One Visayas Bridge Program — connecting Bohol and Cebu, Cebu to Negros, Negros to Iloilo and Panay Island to Guimaras. (39 words)
Dover Business Services (DBS), an independent business-to-business service provider within Dover Corporation, launched a job fair dubbed “Hiring Blitz” for their expansion plans in Cebu at Seda Ayala Center Cebu on January 25 to 26, 2024. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cebu Air Inc., the company operating budget carrier Cebu Pacific, returned to profitability in the first quarter for the first time since 2020 with the resurgence of travel and tourism.
Cebu Caritas President Fr. Alex Cola, Jr. said “This project is not only the work of Cebu Caritas.
Mantawi Residences will be strategically located along Ouano Avenue, in the middle of two of the biggest cities in Cebu, Cebu City, and Mandaue City.
The hallways are adorned with rows of photographs featuring, among others, Cebu’s oldest churches and the various charitable work conducted by the Catholic Church in Cebu and the Duros hotel group.
The new menu highlights comfort foods and dishes with locally-sourced ingredients from different parts of Cebu province, such as vegetables from mountain barangay, Busay, and the iconic Cebu mango.
The two were reportedly heading for Cebu City from lighting candles in observance of Kalag-Kalag in Medellin, Cebu when the accident happened.
The victims were rushed to Minglanilla District Hospital, South General Hospital in the City of Naga, Cebu, and Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City due to several burns on their bodies.
They are on top of the infrastructure, road networks, bridge networks, airports, seaports, pointing to the ongoing PPP project named One Visayas Bridge Program — connecting Bohol and Cebu, Cebu to Negros, Negros to Iloilo and Panay Island to Guimaras.
Cebu’s national museum currently houses exhibits, artifacts, and galleries showcasing Cebu and the country’s biodiversity, geology, archaeological treasures, art, and ethnographic and maritime traditions.
Dover Business Services (DBS), an independent business-to-business service provider within Dover Corporation, launched a job fair dubbed “Hiring Blitz” for their expansion plans in Cebu at Seda Ayala Center Cebu on January 25 to 26, 2024.
For its 5th year, CDN Digital unveiled a new tagline – ‘Cebu & beyond’ – as part of its commitment to bring credible and reliable digital storytelling, not only inside but outside of Cebu.
He defeated Francis Jay Diaz by unanimous decision in Talisay City, south Cebu, followed by an eight-round technical knockout (TKO) win over Eldin Guinahon in Consolacion town, north Cebu.
In Cebu, the province has observed a five-percent increase in registered voters since the registration started last February, according to Omar Sharif Mamalinta, spokesperson for Comelec Cebu Province.
Meanwhile, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to step in in his ongoing row with the Cebu Port Authority or CPA.
Only three days after a king cobra, locally known as ‘banakon,’ was spotted in San Fernando town, southern Cebu, another sighting was reported in Badian town, situated in the southwestern part of Cebu Province.
The basketball 3×3 competition’s initial venue was the Cebu Eastern College (CEC) also in downtown Cebu City.
Image source: Cebu Provincial Gov'tOver 2,700 women in Pinamungajan and Asturias joined the Women’s Summit organized by the Cebu Provincial Women’s Commission (PWC) as part of the celebration of the National Women’s Month this March.
It serves the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay, Naga and four municipalities of the greater part of Metro Cebu — Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla and San Fernando.
Meanwhile, the Cebu Province boys basketball bowed down to Cebu City, 80-77, on Thursday but still managed to make it the crossover semifinals with the highest point difference.
On Friday morning, the presidential daughter will visit Liloan to formalize an alliance with One Cebu party headed by Cebu’s third district Rep. and gubernatorial candidate, Gwendolyn Garcia and mayors who are members of her local party.
Phrases with cebu
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with cebu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cebu city 115×
- in cebu 38×
- the cebu 33×
- of cebu 14×
- cebu and 8×
- cebu pacific 7×
- city cebu 7×
- cebu cebu 6×
- cebu province 6×
- metro cebu 5×