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Mimeme is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Mimeme in a sentence

Mimeme meaning

A unit of mimetic information.

Using Mimeme

  • The main meaning on this page is: A unit of mimetic information.

Context around Mimeme

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

abbreviate 1×

Often after:

comes 1×

Sentence patterns with Mimeme

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

i abbreviate mimeme to meme 1× writing this mimeme comes from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i hope my 1× richard dawkins 1976 1×

Common sentence endings:

bit like gene 1× mimeme to meme 1×

Words around Mimeme

Just before it in the word index:

mimedx 10 mimed 10 mimecast 6 mime 84 mimd 2 mimcf 2

Just after it in the word index:

mimeo 7 mimeograph 4 mimeographed 4 mimeographs 4 mimeography 2 mimeos 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadvantage 4 aafa 4

Corpus analysis for Mimeme

  • In this selection, "mimeme" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, abbreviate and comes stand out and add context to how "mimeme" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include i abbreviate mimeme to meme and writing this mimeme comes from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mimeme" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mimeme

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

I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. (14 words)

Richard Dawkins (1976) apparently coined the word "meme" independently of Semon, writing this: “Mimeme” comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like “gene”. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

Richard Dawkins (1976) apparently coined the word "meme" independently of Semon, writing this: “Mimeme” comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like “gene”. (31 words)

I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. (14 words)

Example sentences (2)

I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme.

Richard Dawkins (1976) apparently coined the word "meme" independently of Semon, writing this: “Mimeme” comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like “gene”.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mimeme" in a sentence?
An example: "I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "mimeme" from authentic English texts.
What does "mimeme" mean?
Mimeme means: A unit of mimetic information.
How many example sentences with "mimeme" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "mimeme", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.