Hyde

American  

[hahyd] / haɪd /

noun

1. Douglas, 1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.

2. Edward. Clarendon, Edward Hyde.

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Hyde ¹ British  

/ haɪd /

noun

1. Douglas. 1860–1949, Irish scholar and author; first president of Eire (1938–45)

2. See Clarendon 2

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Hyde ² British  

/ haɪd /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester; textiles, footwear, engineering. Pop: 31 253 (2001)

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Hyde Idioms  

1. see Jekyll and Hyde.

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Example Sentences

Rubin once seemed ripped from the pages of Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities”—and was himself a character in Michael Lewis’s “Liar’s Poker”—but in the government’s telling appears to be more like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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She goes to the movies, visits a pub and stretches out on the ground in Hyde Park.

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“You have to be a little flexible on Hyde.”

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Hyde shows that even on ostensibly irreconcilable issues, political compromise doesn’t always require surrendering one’s principles.

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Hyde doesn’t touch the legality of abortion.

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