Explore Steerage through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like accommodation or steering. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Steerage in a sentence
Steerage meaning
- The art of steering.
- The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
- The effect of the helm on a ship.
Synonyms of Steerage
Using Steerage
- The main meaning on this page is: The art of steering. | The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins. | The effect of the helm on a ship.
- Useful related words include: accommodation, steering, control.
- In the example corpus, steerage often appears in combinations such as: the steerage.
Context around Steerage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Steerage
- In this selection, "steerage" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, maintain, ticket, section and shows stand out and add context to how "steerage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the steerage passengers and buy a steerage ticket on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "steerage" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with steerage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Art Classic Alfred Stieglitz photograph, The Steerage shows unique aesthetic of black-and-white photos. (15 words)
Headway speed is defined as slow, idle speed, or speed only fast enough to maintain steerage on course. (18 words)
For lack of adequate lookouts, life jackets and lifeboats are now needed in quantity, for steerage and first-class alike. (20 words)
The police eventually helped Jones sell the “large quantity of clothing” he had abandoned at an inn, and used the proceeds to help him buy a steerage ticket on the ship Cambria back to New York. (36 words)
Later that year, New York State’s quarantine officer, William Jenkins, diverted to remote islands hundreds of impoverished East European, Jewish passengers coming from Europe and Asia in the steerage section of ships. (33 words)
Despite being of a higher status in society than Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon, she is kind, and helps row the boat and even looks after the steerage passengers. (30 words)
Example sentences (8)
For lack of adequate lookouts, life jackets and lifeboats are now needed in quantity, for steerage and first-class alike.
The police eventually helped Jones sell the “large quantity of clothing” he had abandoned at an inn, and used the proceeds to help him buy a steerage ticket on the ship Cambria back to New York.
Later that year, New York State’s quarantine officer, William Jenkins, diverted to remote islands hundreds of impoverished East European, Jewish passengers coming from Europe and Asia in the steerage section of ships.
Headway speed is defined as slow, idle speed, or speed only fast enough to maintain steerage on course.
The first-class passengers are enjoying every luxury, while those in steerage are miserable and sea sick in the lowest decks.
Art Classic Alfred Stieglitz photograph, The Steerage shows unique aesthetic of black-and-white photos.
Despite being of a higher status in society than Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon, she is kind, and helps row the boat and even looks after the steerage passengers.
In 1850 the cost of steerage passage to the United States or Canada was about £5, compared to £40 for the voyage to Australia.
Common combinations with steerage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: