Hereford is an English word with synonyms like whiteface or beef. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hereford meaning
- A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A locality in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Frank Hereford.
Using Hereford
- The main meaning on this page is: A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140). | A number of places in the United States: | A locality in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Frank Hereford.
- Useful related words include: whiteface, beef, beef cattle.
- In the example corpus, hereford often appears in combinations such as: in hereford, hereford and, at hereford.
Context around Hereford
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hereford
- In this selection, "hereford" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, website, road, breaking, college, voice and times stand out and add context to how "hereford" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include spokesperson for hereford and worcester and a hereford and worcester. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hereford" sits close to words such as alt, banda and belmont, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hereford
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A HEREFORD driver caught with a dodgy window has been fined by magistrates. (13 words)
A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said crews were called to make the vehices safe. (18 words)
Polish -born sculptor Walenty Pytel has had studios in Hereford since 1963 after training at Hereford College of Art. (19 words)
According to William of Malmesbury, after the meeting at Eamont Æthelstan summoned the Welsh kings to Hereford, where he imposed a heavy annual tribute and fixed the border between England and Wales in the Hereford area at the River Wye. (40 words)
She has spoken out after a letter from the Home Office setting out Government plans for Belmont Road's Three Counties Hotel was acquired by community website Hereford Voice, which shared it with the Hereford Times. (36 words)
Hereford has several music clubs/societies such as Hereford Youth Orchestra, a group for those up to the age of 18 which anyone in and around the Herefordshire area can audition for. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
She has spoken out after a letter from the Home Office setting out Government plans for Belmont Road's Three Counties Hotel was acquired by community website Hereford Voice, which shared it with the Hereford Times.
Aidan Bufton, 30, of Roman Road, Hereford, appeared at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on May 15 and pleaded guilty to one count of handling stolen goods.
The court heard from prosecuting solicitor Lauren Millichip that the 26-year-old from Hereford had assaulted a man by beating in an incident in Hereford on August 26.
The funeral will take place at Hereford Cathedral on Wednesday 3rd April at 1.00pm, followed by interment at Hereford Cemetery.
According to William of Malmesbury, after the meeting at Eamont Æthelstan summoned the Welsh kings to Hereford, where he imposed a heavy annual tribute and fixed the border between England and Wales in the Hereford area at the River Wye.
Hereford has several music clubs/societies such as Hereford Youth Orchestra, a group for those up to the age of 18 which anyone in and around the Herefordshire area can audition for.
Hereford is home to the Hereford Police Male Voice Choir who competed on the BBC TV show "Last Choir Standing", citation and the Railway Choir.
Hereford was the name of a parliamentary constituency centring on the city, from 1295 to 2010, when it was renamed as Hereford and South Herefordshire.
Polish -born sculptor Walenty Pytel has had studios in Hereford since 1963 after training at Hereford College of Art.
A close-up shot of a Federal Telecommunications Institute camera lens, reflecting the desert landscape that it looks over below Coronado Peak in Hereford, Ariz.
A fire service spokesman said: “Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was called out to Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, at 1.18pm today (Tuesday, July 18).
A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said crews were called to make the vehices safe.
A HEREFORD driver caught with a dodgy window has been fined by magistrates.
A HEREFORD teenager's ambitious plans to rescue a 60-year-old sunken boat from the river Wye are now underway.
A LAW-breaking Hereford man with a 'flagrant disregard' for court orders has been jailed after he was caught behind the wheel.
All of these photographs are taken from the Facebook group Hereford / Herefordshire Remembered and are reproduced here with their kind permission.
An MBE has also been awarded to Delyth Eirian Done of Abergavenny, head of the School of Materials and Design at Hereford College of Arts, for services to blacksmithing and heritage crafts.
A plan for four “sustainable” houses for retired or disabled people in Hereford has been refused for a number of reasons.
A spokesperson for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said: "We did not find the rider and are unsure what happened to the person.
A spokesperson for Hereford and Worcester Fire Control said: "We have received a notification from BT Group that there is a loss of dialling out from landlines in the Wychbold Area.
Common combinations with hereford
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in hereford 46×
- hereford and 20×
- at hereford 16×
- the hereford 13×
- of hereford 13×
- from hereford 10×
- hereford on 9×
- hereford in 8×
- hereford magistrates 6×
- hereford has 6×