Juliet

[joo-lee-uht, -et, joo-lee-et, jool-yuht]

noun

1. the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

2. (used in communications to represent the letterJ. )

3. Also Juliette a female given name, form of Julia.

Juliet

/ dʒʊlɪˈɛt /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter j

Example Sentences

In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a contemporary Broadway musical.

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Opera’s production of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” last season.

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I baked it for the first time in a tiny apartment where I tried to coax herbs from a stubborn little Juliet balcony that overlooked nothing more romantic than a parking lot that, in turn, overlooked train tracks.

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Viewers of the show also saw Belly experience important milestones that were not in the books, like a Season 2 flashback where she loses her virginity to Conrad, set to Des’ree’s “Kissing You” from 1998’s “Romeo + Juliet,” during a snowy visit to the summer house.

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“Shucked,” like “& Juliet” at the Ahmanson right now, are two clever contemporary shows that deliver the kind of delight you can’t find anywhere else but the musical stage.

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