Meaning

6 senses
  1. An aristocratic title for a woman.

    a woman of refinement

  2. An aristocratic title for a woman.

    Used with a surname or the name of a peerage, for a peeress in her own right (other than a duchess), or the wife (or widow) of a peer (other than a duke).

    Would Lady Macbeth care for dessert?

  3. Used with a surname, for the wife (or widow) of a knight or baronet.

    Sir John Smith and Lady Smith accompanied the ambassador.

  4. Used as a courtesy title with the woman’s given name, for a daughter of a duke, marquess, or earl.

    a polite name for any woman

  5. Used with her husband’s given name, for the wife (or widow) of a man who is the son of a duke or marquess, or the oldest son of an earl.

  6. A high priestess.

Examples

984 sentences
  1. I wonder who that lady was.

    Цікаво, хто така та леді?

    ruИнтересно, кто была эта леди.

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  2. The lady moved here a month ago.

    Жінка переїхала сюди місяць тому.

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  3. She is a very intelligent young lady.

    Вона дуже розумна молода жіночка.

    ruОна очень умная молодая леди.

    deSie ist eine sehr intelligente junge Dame.

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  4. The lady dressed in white is a famous actress.

    Та пані, одягнена в біле, є відомою актрисою.

    deDie weiß gekleidete Dame ist eine berühmte Schauspielerin.

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  5. Tom was quite a ladies' man when he was younger.

    Коли Том був молодшим, він був дамським угодником.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: Ladies
SingularLady
PluralLadies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Collocations

11 patterns
  • old lady
  • the old lady
  • an old lady
  • young lady
  • ladies and gentlemen
  • beautiful lady
  • who that lady
  • know those ladies
  • lady sings
  • that lady is
  • ladies room

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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