Aldeburgh

/ (ˈɔːlbərə) /

Save This Word!

noun

a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

affect

effect

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Aldeburgh

Aldabra, Aldabra Islands, Aldactone, Aldan, Aldebaran, Aldeburgh, aldehyde, Alden, al dente, alder, alder buckthorn

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example sentences from the Web for Aldeburgh

In the summer of 1859 we were staying at Aldeburgh, a favourite place with my father, as the home of his forefathers.
Two Suffolk Friends|Francis Hindes Groome
And Harry'll do very nicely in that little house at Aldeburgh with five hundred a year.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley
He had heard from Kit the same evening in reply to his telegram that she would start for Aldeburgh (not Stanborough) next morning.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson
I meant to come there, as you know, but only yesterday evening I decided to come to Aldeburgh instead.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson

From childhood he had had ample experience of the vice in the rough and reckless homes of the Aldeburgh poor.
Crabbe, (George)|Alfred Ainger

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY