conn

[ kon ]

/ kɒn /

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verb (used with object)

con⁶ (def. 1).

noun

responsibility for the steering of a ship.

con⁶ (defs. 2, 3).

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Origin of conn

First recorded in 1800–10

Other definitions for conn (2 of 2)

Conn.

abbreviation

Connecticut (def. 1).

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How to use conn in a sentence

His wife, Anna Zubkova, is running as a Democrat for a probate judge seat in Plainfield, Conn.
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Last year, Chappelle spent an evening on the Oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.
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But it arguably scored an emotionally more important win in Bridgeport, Conn., where it took over the school board.
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Authorities identified the woman as Miriam Carey, a dental hygenist from Stamford, Conn.
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Oceanfront land is also the main selling point for Copper Beach Farm, the 50-acre property for sale in Greenwich, Conn.
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Mill for the manufacture of glazed hardware paper at Hemington, Conn.
The Arena|Various
Prof. Conn, an evolutionist, admits the presence of many facts disclosed by geology which oppose the theory of Evolution.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
The abortive organ is one of the difficulties of the theory which Darwin admitted, and Prof. Conn tells us, is not yet answered.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
Outside a little round window was the whole big ocean and beneath him slept a man from Hartford, Conn.
Bunker Bean|Harry Leon Wilson
Conn ceud catha, Conn of the hundred battles, King of Ireland.
Dean of Lismore's Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for conn (1 of 3)

conn

/ (kɒn) /

verb, noun

a variant spelling (esp US) of con 4

British Dictionary definitions for conn (2 of 3)

Conn

/ (kɒn) /

noun

2nd century ad, king of Leinster and high king of Ireland

British Dictionary definitions for conn (3 of 3)

Conn.

abbreviation for

Connecticut

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