Emeritus is an English word with synonyms like retired or old. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Emeritus in a sentence
Emeritus meaning
Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
Using Emeritus
- The main meaning on this page is: Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
- Useful related words include: retired, old, retiree, retired person.
- In the example corpus, emeritus often appears in combinations such as: professor emeritus, emeritus of, emeritus professor.
Context around Emeritus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Emeritus
- In this selection, "emeritus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, professor, pope, chairman, professor, benedict and once stand out and add context to how "emeritus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of pope emeritus benedict xvi and a professor emeritus at princeton. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "emeritus" sits close to words such as airplanes, brigadier and calorie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with emeritus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He currently serves as an emeritus member of the SOU board. (11 words)
He will assume the title of Chairman Emeritus for both entities. (11 words)
Joh Zarrnecki – Emeritus Professor of Space Sciences at The Open University in the UK says. (15 words)
If Greenland continues to melt at the current rate, the East Coast could see more than 3 feet (0.9 meters) of sea level rise in the next 50 years, says Jeffress Williams, a senior scientist emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey. (43 words)
Anglicans are deeply grateful for the wisdom we have received from Pope Emeritus Benedict, and pray as he did that in Christ we shall all be one, and that together we will share in the fullness of the Resurrection. (39 words)
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark, Sydney Jewish Museums resident historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet and Sydney Jewish Museum CEO Kevin Sumption when their findings were presented at Wollongong Art Gallery in March, 2023. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
After Thornley's announcement, the college's Area Commission voted to give her the honorary title of president emeritus once she retires.
Anglicans are deeply grateful for the wisdom we have received from Pope Emeritus Benedict, and pray as he did that in Christ we shall all be one, and that together we will share in the fullness of the Resurrection.
A nun waits for the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican, on Jan.
Banks, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, died Saturday in upstate New York, his editor, Dan Halpern, told the Associated Press.
Catholics in the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn came together last night to give thanks for the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at a special Requiem Mass.
Dr Ian Johnson, a nutrition researcher and emeritus fellow at the Quadram Institute, said: “These observations do suggest a role for some UPF in the onset of multiple chronic disease.
During the 2023 Commencement ceremony, Cramer was honored with the title of Professor Emeritus of Journalism by the Franklin College Board of Trustees in recognition of his dedicated service to the college.
From the Bradley years, the riot-torn city was growing more diverse, and more liberal,” said Jamie Regalado, an emeritus professor of political science at Cal State Los Angeles.
Further, while the treaty, if ratified, would be considered a legally-binding document, the WHO has no enforcement power, said Dr. David Freedman, professor emeritus of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
He currently serves as an emeritus member of the SOU board.
He’ll be taking on a new role, of Chairman Emeritus, and his son Lauchlan is set to become the sole chair of both companies.
He retired from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1994, becoming an associate professor emeritus.
He was the senior-most hotelier in the country by age and length of service and the chairman emeritus of the third-largest Indian hotel chain.
He will assume the title of Chairman Emeritus for both entities.
If Greenland continues to melt at the current rate, the East Coast could see more than 3 feet (0.9 meters) of sea level rise in the next 50 years, says Jeffress Williams, a senior scientist emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Joh Zarrnecki – Emeritus Professor of Space Sciences at The Open University in the UK says.
J. W. Traphagan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Lenny Mendonca, Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, is a former chief economic and business adviser to Governor Gavin Newsom of California and chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Nico Roymans, emeritus professor of northwest European archaeology at the Vrije University Amsterdam, suggested the military actions from the man born around 100BCE could be viewed now as an attempt to wipe out a race.
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark, Sydney Jewish Museums resident historian Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet and Sydney Jewish Museum CEO Kevin Sumption when their findings were presented at Wollongong Art Gallery in March, 2023.
Common combinations with emeritus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- professor emeritus 62×
- emeritus of 53×
- emeritus professor 30×
- emeritus at 21×
- chairman emeritus 17×
- an emeritus 15×
- president emeritus 9×
- pope emeritus 9×
- emeritus in 8×
- emeritus benedict 6×