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Explore Violet through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like purple or purplish. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Violet meaning

  1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
  2. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
  3. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

Synonyms of Violet

purple purplish chromatic viola reddish blue purpleness

Using Violet

  • The main meaning on this page is: A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers. | A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy. | The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
  • Useful related words include: purple, purplish, chromatic, viola.
  • In the example corpus, violet often appears in combinations such as: and violet, scarlet violet, violet and.

Context around Violet

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Violet

  • In this selection, "violet" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, blue, ultra, square, light, marie and stain stand out and add context to how "violet" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1994 track violet include the and as electric violet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "violet" sits close to words such as ambassadors, ana and capitals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with violet

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Violet objects are objects that reflect violet light. (8 words)

Monochromatic lamps emitting spectral-violet wavelengths can be roughly approximated by the color shown below as electric violet. (18 words)

In this plot line, Violet discovers that decades earlier, Lady Danbury had an affair with Lord Ledger (), Violet's father. (20 words)

Gram-negative bacteria cannot retain the violet stain after the decolorization step; alcohol used in this stage degrades the outer membrane of gram-negative cells making the cell wall more porous and incapable of retaining the crystal violet stain. (39 words)

The wearing of ultra-violet-absorbing goggles is recommended even on hazy or cloudy days as ultra-violet light can penetrate clouds. citation Unlike ski bindings, snowboard bindings are not designed to release automatically in a fall. (37 words)

UV radiation was discovered in 1801 when the German physicist Johann Wilhelm Ritter observed that invisible rays just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum darkened silver chloride -soaked paper more quickly than violet light itself. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Their robes were modeled after those of the clergy, and they often square violet caps and violet robes, or black robes with violet trim.

In this plot line, Violet discovers that decades earlier, Lady Danbury had an affair with Lord Ledger (), Violet's father.

The song plays during the montage where Rex and her astronaut training roommate, Violet Marie, help each other improve their weaknesses (Rex’s lack of knowledge and Violet Marie’s physicality).

When Violet came up with her theory, he said they both knew that was a lie because he was in love with Violet.

Peter Williams and Melanie Nicholls-King play Harry Gairey and Violet Williams, respectively, in the short film Violet's Story.

She was predeceased by her Paternal Grandparents Simeon and Marjorie Fleming, her maternal grandparents Victor Belevick and Violet Belevick, her father Simeon “Skip” Fleming, brother Simeon “Chip” Fleming and her Great Niece Violet Kathryn Ahearn.

Certain luxury goods, such as watches and jewelry, are often placed in boxes lined with violet velvet, since violet is the complementary color of yellow, and shows gold to best advantage.

Deep indigo (web color blue-violet) infobox At right is displayed the web color 'blue-violet', a color intermediate in brightness between electric indigo and pigment indigo.

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Gram-negative bacteria cannot retain the violet stain after the decolorization step; alcohol used in this stage degrades the outer membrane of gram-negative cells making the cell wall more porous and incapable of retaining the crystal violet stain.

Light of shorter wavelengths (violet, blue, green) is bent more than that of longer wavelengths (yellow, orange, red) but the violet and blue light is scattered more, leaving light that is perceived as green.

Monochromatic lamps emitting spectral-violet wavelengths can be roughly approximated by the color shown below as electric violet.

Most violet fabric was made by the dyers who worked with red, and who used dye from madder or cochineal, so Medieval violet colors were inclined toward red.

Ritter noted that invisible rays near the violet edge of a solar spectrum dispersed by a triangular prism darkened silver chloride preparations more quickly than did the nearby violet light.

The lyrics to Hole's 1994 track "Violet" include the line: "And the sky was all violet / I want it again but violent, more violent".

The wearing of ultra-violet-absorbing goggles is recommended even on hazy or cloudy days as ultra-violet light can penetrate clouds. citation Unlike ski bindings, snowboard bindings are not designed to release automatically in a fall.

UV radiation was discovered in 1801 when the German physicist Johann Wilhelm Ritter observed that invisible rays just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum darkened silver chloride -soaked paper more quickly than violet light itself.

Violet and purple look very similar; but violet is a true color, with its own set of wavelengths on the spectrum of visible light, while purple is a composite color, made by combining blue and red.

Violet objects are objects that reflect violet light.

Violet phosphorus Violet phosphorus is a form of phosphorus that can be produced by day-long annealing of red phosphorus above 550 °C.

A fan of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet uses an interesting inspiration to create a future Paradox form for Swablu, the Gen 3 Normal/Flying-type.

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Common combinations with violet

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "violet" in a sentence?
An example: "Their robes were modeled after those of the clergy, and they often square violet caps and violet robes, or black robes with violet trim." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "violet" from authentic English texts.
What does "violet" mean?
Violet means: A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
What are synonyms of "violet"?
Common synonyms of "violet" include: purple, purplish, chromatic, viola, reddish blue, purpleness.
How many example sentences with "violet" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "violet", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.