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Oliphant meaning

  1. An elephant.
  2. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

Using Oliphant

  • The main meaning on this page is: An elephant. | An ancient ivory hunting-horn.
  • In the example corpus, oliphant often appears in combinations such as: oliphant is, eleanor oliphant.

Context around Oliphant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

eleanor 2× rob 1× tyler 1× zahra 1× george 1× pat 1× mike 1× mildred 1× miriam 1× board 1×

Often after:

comes 1× didn 1× acknowledged 1× sgt 1× jill 1×

Sentence patterns with Oliphant

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

advisors to oliphant by expressing 1× book eleanor oliphant is completely 1× but oliphant is insistent 1× dr zahra oliphant 1× eleanor oliphant is completely 1× examination board oliphant jill ocr 1× example pat oliphant didn t 1× george oliphant comes to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to brown 1× but oliphant is 1× eleanor oliphant is 1× for example pat 1× george oliphant comes 1× head of building 1×

Common sentence endings:

an urgent meeting 1× and social grants 1× around the edges 1× dr zahra oliphant 1× expected to follow 1× front margaret mitchell 1×

Words around Oliphant

Just before it in the word index:

olio 6 olins 3 olinger 8 oline 16 olinda 30 olina 2

Just after it in the word index:

olisa 23 olise 23 oliseh 9 olisipo 2 olistico 3 oliva 35

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Oliphant

  • In this selection, "oliphant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, eleanor, rob, tyler, comes, didn and acknowledged stand out and add context to how "oliphant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include advisors to oliphant by expressing and book eleanor oliphant is completely. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oliphant" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oliphant

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

Oliphant, Sgt. H. N. "People on the Home Front: Margaret Mitchell". (11 words)

George Oliphant comes to the rescue of families in need of renovating their homes. (14 words)

Photo: Donald De La Haye Principal Director, Fisheries Compliance Licensing and Statistics Division, National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Zahra Oliphant. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

For example, Pat Oliphant didn't stop being the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world after he drew then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a parrot with large lips sitting on then-President George W. Bush's hand in 2008. (43 words)

Next on her Hello Sunshine slate is the adaptation of Gail Honeyman’s brilliant book, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and another Aussie title, Jane Harper’s — which she chose to introduce to fans first through her own Oprah-style book club. (42 words)

According to Brown, Zwane opened the meeting – which was allegedly only attended by Zwane and advisors to Oliphant – by expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that some of the banks had declined to meet with the committee. (37 words)

Example sentences (15)

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman is a book that I read in high school, and the memory of it still follows me around to this day.

In a social media post, Toronto MP and foreign affairs parliamentary secretary Rob Oliphant said he called for an “urgent meeting” of his riding association executive Thursday before taking a public stand on the leadership question.

It’s a show that is both polished—Keenan Tyler Oliphant’s direction and Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s stunning environmental design take care of that—but also earnestly rough around the edges.

Photo: Donald De La Haye Principal Director, Fisheries Compliance Licensing and Statistics Division, National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr. Zahra Oliphant.

Mr Paterson said Oliphant has some minor age-related health problems and asked the judge to be as lenient as he could.

George Oliphant comes to the rescue of families in need of renovating their homes.

Next on her Hello Sunshine slate is the adaptation of Gail Honeyman’s brilliant book, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and another Aussie title, Jane Harper’s — which she chose to introduce to fans first through her own Oprah-style book club.

According to Brown, Zwane opened the meeting – which was allegedly only attended by Zwane and advisors to Oliphant – by expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that some of the banks had declined to meet with the committee.

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But Oliphant is insistent that the interview formed part of the department’s communication general communications strategy and indeed touched on Sassa and social grants.

For example, Pat Oliphant didn't stop being the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world after he drew then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a parrot with large lips sitting on then-President George W. Bush's hand in 2008.

Head of Building inspection, Mike Oliphant, acknowledged that there were hundreds of new code requirements that Class K applicants would be expected to follow.

Mashaba said he wrote to both the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, and Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, requesting an urgent meeting.

Snipes’ was first appointed as Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in 2003, to replace the suspended incumbent Miriam Oliphant.

Oliphant, Sgt. H. N. "People on the Home Front: Margaret Mitchell".

Some school level textbooks and at least one UK examination board Oliphant, Jill, OCR Religious Ethics for AS and A2, Routledge, (2007) make a further distinction between strong and weak rule utilitarianism.

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Common combinations with oliphant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oliphant" in a sentence?
An example: "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman is a book that I read in high school, and the memory of it still follows me around to this day." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "oliphant" from authentic English texts.
What does "oliphant" mean?
Oliphant means: An elephant.
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