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Groton meaning

  1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
  2. A town and city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
  3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Using Groton

  • The main meaning on this page is: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541). | A town and city in New London County, Connecticut, United States. | A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  • In the example corpus, groton often appears in combinations such as: in groton, groton connecticut, the groton.

Context around Groton

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 12 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

intercourse 1× boat 1× london 1× ship 1× nathaniel 1× townships 1×

Often after:

connecticut 4× new 2× area 1× police 1× uplands 1× dunstable 1× base 1× ripped 1× oxford 1×

Sentence patterns with Groton

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

stationed in groton connecticut in 2× 89 in groton with the 1× base in groton connecticut 1× connecticut and groton new london 1× container ship groton 1× electric boat groton ct where 1× following townships groton oxford lyme 1× for the groton base 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

saucier pleaded guilty 2× a plainville high 1× boston federal judge 1× he also served 1× he retired from 1× in 1941 ruth 1×

Common sentence endings:

connecticut in 2009 2× called tremendously important 1× container ship groton 1× found his institution 1× from being accepted 1× from groton connecticut 1×

Words around Groton

Just before it in the word index:

grotius 5 grothman 2 grothendieck 29 groth 22 grotesques 6 grotesquerie 5

Just after it in the word index:

grotowski 21 grotrian 2 grottaferrata 2 grotto 99 grottoes 6 grottos 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abhinandan 28 abhor 28 abscesses 28 abul 28 academicians 28 accusatory 28

Corpus analysis for Groton

  • In this selection, "groton" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, intercourse, boat, london, connecticut, new and area stand out and add context to how "groton" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include stationed in groton connecticut in and 89 in groton with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "groton" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with groton

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

In 1941, Ruth, Jackie, and her brother Rix moved back to the Groton area. (14 words)

President Carter joined a chorus of voices from Connecticut in advocating for the Groton base. (15 words)

Published by the Nautilus Memorial Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton/New London, CT. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Literary references *The Rector of Justin (1964), perhaps Louis Auchincloss 's best regarded novel, is the tale of a renowned headmaster of a New England prep school —similar to Groton —and how he came to found his institution. (38 words)

The U.S. submarines participating are the Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut from Bangor, Washington, and the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hartford from Groton, Connecticut. (30 words)

Lowlands connects directly to 30,000 protected acres to the west, the Groton Uplands, a property that Raleigh West, director at the South Carolina Conservation Bank called tremendously important. (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

He also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut.

In 1941, Ruth, Jackie, and her brother Rix moved back to the Groton area.

Included in the unspecified content was a video that showed Landon “subjecting a minor to a sexual act which constituted sexual intercourse,” Groton police said.

Lowlands connects directly to 30,000 protected acres to the west, the Groton Uplands, a property that Raleigh West, director at the South Carolina Conservation Bank called tremendously important.

Margaret Scarsdale, Democratic candidate for the 1st Middlesex District state representative seat, campaigns outside of Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

President Carter joined a chorus of voices from Connecticut in advocating for the Groton base.

He retired from General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton, CT where he was proud of his work on the SeaWolf Class Submarine.

New London/Groton has been building nuclear submarines since the 1950s and the U.S. naval base here is home port to 15 nuclear attack submarines.

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Roadwork also impacts I-95 northbound near Exit 89 in Groton, with the left lane closed since 8:58 AM.

The Joint Maritime Information Centre, a multinational body overseen by the US Navy, Saturday identified the vessel targeted as the Liberian-flagged container ship Groton.

Boston federal Judge Nathaniel Groton ripped her for having the “gall” and “avarice” to cheat, robbing other deserving kids from being accepted.

A Plainville High School graduate and Plainville native is currently serving as a U.S. Navy Sailor in Groton.

The project slated for Erie and Huron counties impacts the following townships: Groton, Oxford, Lyme, Ridgefield, Sherman, Norwich and Richmond.

Missouri’s senior enlisted Sailor said how important support from the people in Hawaii was for a smooth transition from Groton.

Saucier pleaded guilty in 2016 of taking photos inside the USS Alexandria while it was stationed in Groton, Connecticut, in 2009.

Saucier pleaded guilty in 2016 to unauthorized detention of defense information for taking photos inside the USS Alexandria while it was stationed in Groton, Connecticut, in 2009.

The U.S. submarines participating are the Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut from Bangor, Washington, and the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Hartford from Groton, Connecticut.

Larger civil airports include Danbury Municipal Airport and Waterbury-Oxford Airport in western Connecticut, and Groton-New London Airport in eastern Connecticut.

Literary references *The Rector of Justin (1964), perhaps Louis Auchincloss 's best regarded novel, is the tale of a renowned headmaster of a New England prep school —similar to Groton —and how he came to found his institution.

Published by the Nautilus Memorial Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton/New London, CT.

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Common combinations with groton

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "groton" in a sentence?
An example: "He also served as an officer in the U.S. Navy at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "groton" from authentic English texts.
What does "groton" mean?
Groton means: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
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