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Gordian | Gordianus

Gordian meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia.
  2. Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia
  3. Of the Gordian knot.

Synonyms of Gordian

complex

Related words

Other words often associated with Gordian or its synonyms:

involved interlacing decomposable complicated compound tangled convoluted analyzable colonial knotty byzantine composite

Using Gordian

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia. | Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia | Of the Gordian knot.
  • Useful related words include: complex.
  • In the example corpus, gordian often appears in combinations such as: gordian knot, the gordian.

Context around Gordian

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

norns 1× profs 1× proverbial 1× balls 1×

Often after:

knot 9× ezekwe 1× knots 1×

Sentence patterns with Gordian

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

cut the gordian knot of 2× constructed a gordian knot out 1× cut the gordian knot in 1× including profs gordian ezekwe and 1× of the gordian knot fame 1× of the gordian knot tusk 1× the norns gordian knot at 1× the proverbial gordian knot 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to barnes 1× according to reviewer 1× anselm kiefer superstrings 1× buoyed up by 1× koester points out 1× perhaps that s 1×

Common sentence endings:

26 january free 1× a good perch 1× alexander the great 1× knot of privilege 1× knots during mating 1× little red string 1×

Words around Gordian

Just before it in the word index:

gordhan 43 gordes 2 gorder 4 gorden 8 gordana 2 gordan 15

Just after it in the word index:

gordianus 4 gordias 2 gordie 17 gordievsky 11 gordillo 5 gordimer 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Gordian

  • In this selection, "gordian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, norns, profs, proverbial, knot, ezekwe and knots stand out and add context to how "gordian" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cut the gordian knot of and constructed a gordian knot out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gordian" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gordian

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

Trump may have cut the Gordian Knot in the Middle East. (11 words)

The challenges faced by the ICC in Africa resemble the proverbial Gordian knot. (13 words)

Anselm Kiefer: Superstrings, Runes, The Norns, Gordian Knot at White Cube, BermondseyUntil 26 January, free. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

According to Barnes: The people of the South and the West had for years been convinced of the enormity of the "crime of 1873", and they had long since come to regard silver as the sword that would cut the Gordian knot of privilege. (44 words)

You’ll step up on an open treadmill spot at a busy hour, and somehow the person before you, who looked unassuming and ready to move onto their next project will have constructed a Gordian knot out of that little red string. (42 words)

Buoyed up by vibrant ministers including Profs Gordian Ezekwe and later Emmanuel Emovon in Science & Technology as well as Prof Olikoye Ransome-Kuti in Health, Science and Health Journalism was a good perch. (33 words)

Example sentences (11)

Perhaps that’s the only way we can cut through the Gordian knot of a robotized late capitalism.

Anselm Kiefer: Superstrings, Runes, The Norns, Gordian Knot at White Cube, BermondseyUntil 26 January, free.

Trump may have cut the Gordian Knot in the Middle East.

Buoyed up by vibrant ministers including Profs Gordian Ezekwe and later Emmanuel Emovon in Science & Technology as well as Prof Olikoye Ransome-Kuti in Health, Science and Health Journalism was a good perch.

The challenges faced by the ICC in Africa resemble the proverbial Gordian knot.

The issue “looks like a new version of the Gordian knot”, Tusk told reporters in Brussels.

You’ll step up on an open treadmill spot at a busy hour, and somehow the person before you, who looked unassuming and ready to move onto their next project will have constructed a Gordian knot out of that little red string.

According to Barnes: The people of the South and the West had for years been convinced of the enormity of the "crime of 1873", and they had long since come to regard silver as the sword that would cut the Gordian knot of privilege.

According to reviewer David Haddon: citation Mead has cut the Gordian knot of quantum complementarity.

Koester points out that the cities of Galatia in the north consist of Ankyra, Pessinus, and Gordium (of the Gordian Knot fame of Alexander the Great).

The adults are mostly free living in freshwater or marine environments, and males and females aggregate into tight balls (Gordian knots) during mating.

Common combinations with gordian

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "gordian" mean?
Gordian means: Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia.
What are synonyms of "gordian"?
Common synonyms of "gordian" include: complex.
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