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Explore Foobar through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Foobar in a sentence

Foobar meaning

  1. A serious mistake.
  2. A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Using Foobar

  • The main meaning on this page is: A serious mistake. | A metasyntactic variable name, a place holder for words; compare foo, bar.

Context around Foobar

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

app 1×

Sentence patterns with Foobar

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

foobar was also 1× news from foobar about art 1× to the foobar app on 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

did you know 1× foobar was also 1× get the latest 1×

Common sentence endings:

and woods version 1× design and business 1× on my phone 1×

Words around Foobar

Just before it in the word index:

foo 98 fonzie 5 fonz 5 fonville 4 fonuakula 3 fonua 6

Just after it in the word index:

foochow 2 food 27.638 foodbank 114 foodbanks 25 foodborne 30 foodcoin 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Foobar

  • In this selection, "foobar" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, app stand out and add context to how "foobar" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include foobar was also and news from foobar about art. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "foobar" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with foobar

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

Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business. (12 words)

Did you know my toaster is sending 7TB a day according to the foobar app on my phone? (18 words)

Foobar was also used as a variable name in the Fortran code of Colossal Cave Adventure (1977 Crowther and Woods version). (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Foobar was also used as a variable name in the Fortran code of Colossal Cave Adventure (1977 Crowther and Woods version). (21 words)

Did you know my toaster is sending 7TB a day according to the foobar app on my phone? (18 words)

Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business. (12 words)

Question examples

Did you know my toaster is sending 7TB a day according to the foobar app on my phone? (18 words)

Example sentences (3)

Did you know my toaster is sending 7TB a day according to the foobar app on my phone?

Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business.

Foobar was also used as a variable name in the Fortran code of Colossal Cave Adventure (1977 Crowther and Woods version).

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "foobar" in a sentence?
An example: "Did you know my toaster is sending 7TB a day according to the foobar app on my phone?" This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "foobar" from authentic English texts.
What does "foobar" mean?
Foobar means: A serious mistake.
How many example sentences with "foobar" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "foobar", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.