Get to know Don better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gentleman or title.
Don in a sentence
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Don meaning
- A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
- An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
- A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
Synonyms of Don
Using Don
- The main meaning on this page is: A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. | An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents. | A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
- Useful related words include: gentleman, form of address, title of respect, title.
- In the example corpus, don often appears in combinations such as: you don, don know, we don.
Context around Don
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 17 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Don
- In this selection, "don" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, initial, people, say, macchiatos and lemon stand out and add context to how "don" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a go don t be, a i don t think, don know, don want and don think. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "don" sits close to words such as good, end and group, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with don
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Small Doctor said, “I don’t drink, I don’t smoke…I don’t womanize. (15 words)
We don't take corporate cash, we don't have ads, and we don't put our reporting behind paywalls. (20 words)
Don Macchiatos and Don Lemon Philippines are rewarding Carlos with two free franchises — one for Don Macchiatos and one for Don Lemon Philippines. (23 words)
If a player chooses to remove the initial don't come and/or don't pass line bet, he or she can no longer lay odds behind the bet and cannot re-bet the same don't pass and/or don't come number (players must make a new don't pass or come bets if desired). (57 words)
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a list of dos and don'ts regarding pronouns, including 'Don't say someone's pronouns aren't real (e.g. Mx, Ze, Xe)' and 'Don't say using 'they' as a pronoun isn't grammatically correct'. (44 words)
The list of don’t continues: don’t use oil spray, don’t leave a preheating pan unattended, don’t put it in the dishwasher, don’t use metal scourers or harsh detergents and always soak used pans before you scrub them. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
People say, ‘Don’t get angry, don’t get jealous, don’t get stressed out, don’t get sad,’ but we don’t know how to do that.
The list of don’t continues: don’t use oil spray, don’t leave a preheating pan unattended, don’t put it in the dishwasher, don’t use metal scourers or harsh detergents and always soak used pans before you scrub them.
Don’t mingle with them, don’t give them food, don’t receive them, don’t rent to them, don’t give them food or work, they will leave if nobody gives them anything.
If a player chooses to remove the initial don't come and/or don't pass line bet, he or she can no longer lay odds behind the bet and cannot re-bet the same don't pass and/or don't come number (players must make a new don't pass or come bets if desired).
Don Macchiatos and Don Lemon Philippines are rewarding Carlos with two free franchises — one for Don Macchiatos and one for Don Lemon Philippines.
Labour is sending a chilling message to aspirational parents: don't try to improve your lot, don't make sacrifices, don't work hard and don't do what you think is best for your children.
So if you don’t have a good story, you don’t have a mission and you don’t have an A+, I don’t think you’re going to have great success.
You don't get it from Hollywood, you don't get it from popular culture, you don't increasingly, certainly don't get it from your schools.
You don’t go out in the world and tell everything, Even in your personal life, I don’t give a damn if you’re not married, people don’t say everything, they just don’t.
A player betting don't pass and don't come every roll and laying 10x odds receives a 2% profit on the initial don't pass / don't come bet each roll.
If the player requests the don't come odds be not working ("Off") and the shooter hits the don't come point or sevens-out, the don't come bet will be lost or doubled and the don't come odds returned.
A lot of people don’t want to go to bingo games because they don’t want to be around the smoke and I don’t blame them.
And we don't give babies to women who don't have them themselves because, for example, they don't want to ruin their bodies or things like that.
But if you don't like facts then avoid everything that say anything you don't want to hear, you have done that up until now so I don't expect you to change.
Don't be afraid to get in there and have a go, don't be afraid of boys judging you, don't be afraid of those older men in the community judging you," she said.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, don’t whittle over details, don’t let yourself get too embroiled in momentary squabbles and stresses.
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a list of dos and don'ts regarding pronouns, including 'Don't say someone's pronouns aren't real (e.g. Mx, Ze, Xe)' and 'Don't say using 'they' as a pronoun isn't grammatically correct'.
Small Doctor said, “I don’t drink, I don’t smoke…I don’t womanize.
We don't take corporate cash, we don't have ads, and we don't put our reporting behind paywalls.
Phrases with don
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Common combinations with don
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: