Lowth is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lowth meaning
- Lowness.
- (in the plural) Lowlands.
Using Lowth
- The main meaning on this page is: Lowness. | (in the plural) Lowlands.
- In the example corpus, lowth often appears in combinations such as: lowth was.
Context around Lowth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lowth
- In this selection, "lowth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, robert, main, day, wrote, set and uses stand out and add context to how "lowth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include citation main lowth wrote a and his day lowth set out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lowth" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lowth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lowth was appointed a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Göttingen in 1765. (15 words)
Prompted by the absence of simple and pedagogical grammar textbooks in his day, Lowth set out to remedy the situation. (20 words)
In 1643 there appeared Ivan Uzhevych 's Grammatica sclavonica and, in 1762, the Short Introduction to English Grammar of Robert Lowth was also published. (24 words)
This is because the editor of that edition chose to revert to citing many of the scriptural passages that Lowth uses as examples, and some of the annotations by Michaelis ( Johann David Michaelis ) and others, in Latin. (37 words)
Millar commented that "Hume and he are very great, tho’ one orthodox and ye other Hedretox". citation main Lowth wrote a Latin epitaph, Cara, Vale on the death of his daughter Maria. (32 words)
In 1643 there appeared Ivan Uzhevych 's Grammatica sclavonica and, in 1762, the Short Introduction to English Grammar of Robert Lowth was also published. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
In 1643 there appeared Ivan Uzhevych 's Grammatica sclavonica and, in 1762, the Short Introduction to English Grammar of Robert Lowth was also published.
Lowth was appointed a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Göttingen in 1765.
Millar commented that "Hume and he are very great, tho’ one orthodox and ye other Hedretox". citation main Lowth wrote a Latin epitaph, Cara, Vale on the death of his daughter Maria.
Prompted by the absence of simple and pedagogical grammar textbooks in his day, Lowth set out to remedy the situation.
This is because the editor of that edition chose to revert to citing many of the scriptural passages that Lowth uses as examples, and some of the annotations by Michaelis ( Johann David Michaelis ) and others, in Latin.
Common combinations with lowth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: