Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To guide people to their seats.

    zuweisen, anweisen, führen

    провожатьprovožatʹ

    take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

  2. (transitive)To accompany or escort (someone).

    begleiten, Gesellschaft leisten

    сопровожда́тьsoprovoždátʹ

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.

    vorausgehen

    возвещатьvozveščatʹ

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To lead or guide somewhere.

Examples

35 sentences

  1. I was ushered to my seat.

    ruМеня проводили до моего места.

    deIch wurde an meinen Platz geführt.

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  2. Tom ushered Mary into his office.

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  3. This theater needs to hire more ushers.

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  4. The usher showed Tom to his seat.

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  5. We had three ushers at our wedding.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to guide people to their seats:
to accompany or escort:
to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to guide people to their seats:
to accompany or escort:
to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald:

Origin

From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier

From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.

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Forms

ushers, ushering, ushered, ushered
Base formusher · to usher
3rd person singularushers
Present participleushering
Past simpleushered
Past participleushered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyusher
he, she, itushers

Past simpleLesson

all personsushered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ushered
he, she, ithas ushered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill usher

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums:show

Word family

2 related words
Derivedunusheredusher in

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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