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berg

1

[ burg ]

noun

, Oceanography.


Berg

2

[ bergor, German berk burg ]

noun

  1. Al·ban [ahl-, bahn, ahl, -bahn], 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
  2. Patricia Jane Patty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.
  3. Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.

berg

1

/ bɜːɡ /

noun

  1. short for iceberg
“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


berg

2

/ bɜːɡ /

noun

  1. a South African word for mountain
“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

Berg

3

/ bɜːɡ; bɛrk /

noun

  1. BergAlban (Maria Johannes)18851935MAustrianMUSIC: composer Alban ( Maria Johannes ) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
  2. BergPaul1926MUSSCIENCE: biologist Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of berg1

First recorded in 1815–25; by shortening
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Example Sentences

Berg then noted how closely related hit songs were to the hits from the previous calendar year.

The bergs drifted south when large amounts of water were flowing off melting glaciers.

The little berg is quietly melting outside the sprawl of the Scottish Events Campus, where COP26 is taking place.

Instead they are written by a non-attorney investigator, a fact also questioned by Berg.

He offers link building services and frequently contributes to the Search Berg blog with marketing tips and insights.

In the 2004 video, 26-year-old American businessman Nick Berg also wears an orange jumpsuit.

And the first two episodes were directed by Peter Berg of Friday Night Lights, who is a master of small-town pathos.

Berg: And the idea of a Tom Perkins character crusading for the rights of the rich seems like a very funny idea.

Berg: We have a big screening tomorrow night up in Redwood City.

Berg: We also wanted it to play totally real, which is how satire works.

Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.

In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.

The return journey was almost as trying as the outward one, but he reached Vreede Berg (Africaner's village) in safety.

Then Berg gestured him to follow and they went down a cord ladder hanging from the window sill.

And Berg sat there, smiling, pouring out those damnable cynicisms.

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