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Promethean meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles.
  2. Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also, recklessly daring; audacious.

Promethean vertaling naar Nederlands

prometheïsch

Using Promethean

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. | Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles. | Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also, recklessly daring; audacious.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: prometheïsch.
  • In the example corpus, promethean often appears in combinations such as: the promethean, promethean casket.

Context around Promethean

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bronze 1×

Often after:

casket 2× agilysys 1× tree 1× tone 1× heat 1×

Sentence patterns with Promethean

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

in a promethean casket which 1× of its promethean tone 1× restore the promethean heat to 1× roles at promethean agilysys and 1× solid bronze promethean casket plated 1× touch the promethean tree but 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and i didn 1× brown s body 1× frankin s solid 1× he has held 1× i was quick 1× othello in contemplating 1×

Common sentence endings:

agilysys and verdiem 1× has been extinguished 1× horse drawn carriage 1× its promethean tone 1× planet to ashes 1× telegraph of britain 1×

Words around Promethean

Just before it in the word index:

promethea 2 promethazine 3 promesa 2 promes 11 promenading 4 promenades 12

Just after it in the word index:

prometheus 145 promethium 13 prominence 612 prominences 6 prominent 3.561 prominently 457

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Promethean

  • In this selection, "promethean" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bronze, casket, agilysys and tree stand out and add context to how "promethean" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include in a promethean casket which and of its promethean tone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "promethean" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with promethean

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

He has held product leadership roles at Promethean, Agilysys and Verdiem. (11 words)

And I didn’t touch the Promethean tree, but apparently it lets you burn the entire planet to ashes. (19 words)

Othello in contemplating the death of Desdemona asserts plainly that he cannot restore the "Promethean heat" to her body once it has been extinguished. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Brown's body, which was placed in a Promethean casket–which is bronze polished to a golden shine–was driven through the streets of New York to the Apollo Theater in a white, glass-encased horse-drawn carriage. (38 words)

Frankin’s solid bronze Promethean casket plated in 24-karat gold, and is the same type of coffin in which singers James Brown and Michael Jackson were buried, according to The Telegraph of Britain. (34 words)

I was quick to realise however, that this novelty, this experimentation and formal speculation, is more destructive than constructive; I realised the Utopian quality of its Promethean tone'. (28 words)

Example sentences (6)

He has held product leadership roles at Promethean, Agilysys and Verdiem.

And I didn’t touch the Promethean tree, but apparently it lets you burn the entire planet to ashes.

Frankin’s solid bronze Promethean casket plated in 24-karat gold, and is the same type of coffin in which singers James Brown and Michael Jackson were buried, according to The Telegraph of Britain.

Brown's body, which was placed in a Promethean casket–which is bronze polished to a golden shine–was driven through the streets of New York to the Apollo Theater in a white, glass-encased horse-drawn carriage.

I was quick to realise however, that this novelty, this experimentation and formal speculation, is more destructive than constructive; I realised the Utopian quality of its Promethean tone'.

Othello in contemplating the death of Desdemona asserts plainly that he cannot restore the "Promethean heat" to her body once it has been extinguished.

Common combinations with promethean

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "promethean" in a sentence?
An example: "He has held product leadership roles at Promethean, Agilysys and Verdiem." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "promethean" from authentic English texts.
What does "promethean" mean?
Promethean means: Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles.
What is "promethean" in Dutch?
"promethean" translates to Dutch as: prometheïsch.
How many example sentences with "promethean" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "promethean", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.