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Ghent is an English word with synonyms like gent or city. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ghent meaning

The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.

Synonyms of Ghent

gent gand city metropolis urban center port

Using Ghent

  • The main meaning on this page is: The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
  • Useful related words include: gent, gand, city, metropolis.
  • In the example corpus, ghent often appears in combinations such as: of ghent, in ghent, the ghent.

Context around Ghent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Ghent

  • In this selection, "ghent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bruges, although, addition, factory, university and continued stand out and add context to how "ghent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1807 in ghent belgium with and 1910 in ghent where in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ghent" sits close to words such as abaco, abandons and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ghent

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

The Ghent altarpiece will eventually return to the cathedral for good. (11 words)

The Oxford business community may wish to heck out Ghent in Belgium. (12 words)

He was employed at Kentucky Utilities in Ghent, Kentucky, as power plant shift supervisor for D watch. (17 words)

During the visit, he made a special to Daqing to witness the launch of the trial operation of Volvo’s S90 luxury sedan, which was being moved to the Ghent factory through the “Overland Silk Road” Central European special train. (40 words)

Travel note: The Bruges train station provides frequent rail service to and from Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, and Lille (France.) Local buses run between the train station and the centre of Bruges; it is only 20 minutes by foot. (38 words)

The dictionary has been recently updated to indicate that the latter two signs have negative connotations but the University of Ghent, which hosts the Flemish sign language centre on its website, is facing calls for the signs’ removal. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Around this time the centre of political and social importance in the Low Countries started to shift from Flanders (Bruges–Ghent) to Brabant ( Antwerp – Brussels ), although Ghent continued to play an important role.

In addition Ghent also has two ringways: *The R4: connects the outskirts of Ghent with each other and the surrounding villages, and also leads to the E40 and E17 roads.

Kestekides opened his first tea shop in 1910 in Ghent where, in addition to tea, he served his already-famous chocolate sweets.

The Oxford business community may wish to heck out Ghent in Belgium.

He undertook several practice walks with his shortened prosthetics - known as ‘stubbies’ before hitting the top of Pen-y-ghent at 1pm on Saturday.

That said, has reported how the Ghent factory production has been encountering problems due to security issues in recent times.

The 24.5-mile sponsored walk saw council officers ascend Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, with a combined elevation of 1,585m.

The scheme centred on Peace Arch Park, an unfenced park that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border, was created to commemorate the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812.

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Travel note: The Bruges train station provides frequent rail service to and from Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, and Lille (France.) Local buses run between the train station and the centre of Bruges; it is only 20 minutes by foot.

A third person, 54-year old Jerry Beckham, of Ghent, escaped the burning home without injury, according to KSP.

During the visit, he made a special to Daqing to witness the launch of the trial operation of Volvo’s S90 luxury sedan, which was being moved to the Ghent factory through the “Overland Silk Road” Central European special train.

Erwin Dernicourt, the prosecutor general for Ghent and head of the nationwide College of Attorneys General, said: 'We want to signal that this is not permissible.

Other volunteers that have shown interest in hosting shows include Phil Trowbridge of Trowbridge Farms in Ghent; Ann Phillips of Shining Star Cattle Company in North Collins; and Mark Sinon.

The Brothers of Charity was founded in 1807 in Ghent, Belgium, with a charism especially to serve the elderly and the mentally ill.

The Ghent altarpiece will eventually return to the cathedral for good.

He was employed at Kentucky Utilities in Ghent, Kentucky, as power plant shift supervisor for D watch.

Sanne Govaert from Ghent University took this image called Teeny tiny world, This tiny mushroom, a Mycena spp., was growing inside a rotten tree trunk.

She advised numerous start-ups on their financing strategies and venture capital funds such as Quest for Growth and is a member of the investment committee of Baekeland Fund (spin-off fund of Ghent University).

The dictionary has been recently updated to indicate that the latter two signs have negative connotations but the University of Ghent, which hosts the Flemish sign language centre on its website, is facing calls for the signs’ removal.

The Social Security Act gives states some autonomy in setting up unemployment insurance systems, and Dimick argues that a Ghent system would be an acceptable way for states to implement it.

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Common combinations with ghent

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ghent" in a sentence?
An example: "Around this time the centre of political and social importance in the Low Countries started to shift from Flanders (Bruges–Ghent) to Brabant ( Antwerp – Brussels ), although Ghent continued to play an important role." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ghent" from authentic English texts.
What does "ghent" mean?
Ghent means: The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.
What are synonyms of "ghent"?
Common synonyms of "ghent" include: gent, gand, city, metropolis, urban center, port.
How many example sentences with "ghent" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ghent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.