Liverpool

[ liv-er-pool ]

/ ˈlɪv ərˌpul /

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noun

a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Liverpool

Liv·er·pud·li·an

[liv-er-puhd-lee-uhn], /ˌlɪv ərˈpʌd li ən/, noun, adjective

Words nearby Liverpool

livermorium, liver of sulfur, liver of sulphur, liver opal, Liverpolitan, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, liver-rot, liver salts, liver sausage, liver spots

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How to use Liverpool in a sentence

As Liverpool freefalls in the EPL, its chances of winning the Champions League have risen, up to 9 percent.
This Champions League Round Has Not Been Kind To Barcelona|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 25, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Liverpool’s form hasn’t been great in the past month, but it’s probably been good enough to take more than 2 points from a possible 12 — and it’s certainly been good enough to score more than zero goals.
Liverpool Can’t Buy A Goal, And Its Title Defense Is On The Ropes|Terrence Doyle|January 27, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
I got a number of messages and saw a lot of chatter online wondering why the model still had them as favorites even though they were 8 or 9 points behind Liverpool at one point.
The Premier League Race Is Tight. Which Teams Really Have A Chance?|Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 15, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Before the 2020-21 Premier League season began, we wrote that the title was Liverpool’s and Manchester City’s to lose.
Liverpool And Manchester City Look Ordinary. Are They?|Terrence Doyle|November 12, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

Sunagar wrote about the challenges of developing antivenoms with Casewell, Laustsen and venom scientist Timothy Jackson of Liverpool in the August Trends in Pharmacological Sciences.
Cheap, innovative venom treatments could save tens of thousands of snakebite victims|Christie Wilcox|September 19, 2020|Science News
He could sing Beatles songs with as much authenticity as the Liverpool lads themselves—and sometimes with even more fervor.
The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker|Ted Gioia|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Isaacs grew up in Britain, first Liverpool, then London, during a period of economic turmoil and conservative revival.
After The Fall: Introducing The Anti-Villain|Rich Goldstein|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was born in Birmingham and my family is from Liverpool, and I lived in London.
John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Turning Down CBS, and ‘Nauseating’ American Politics|Marlow Stern|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Epstein was the eldest son in a successful Jewish business family and he ran a Liverpool record store.
What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers|Nik Cohn|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What made the boys from Liverpool so unique and so damn great?
A Revolution, With Guitars: How The Beatles Changed Everything|Michael Tomasky|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Liverpool and Manchester line and its wonderful success—it paid ten per cent.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
I can perceive none, even though the steamships should still proceed to Liverpool as heretofore.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
In the next few days they stowed some four thousand tons' dead weight into the Dimbula, and took her out from Liverpool.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
She arrived in Liverpool on the 22d June, having consumed her fuel in ten days.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The first newspaper printed in England was the Liverpool Times of this date; it is said to be published at the present day.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for Liverpool (1 of 2)

Liverpool¹

/ (ˈlɪvəˌpuːl) /

noun

a city in NW England, in Liverpool unitary authority, Merseyside, on the Mersey estuary: second largest seaport in Great Britain; developed chiefly in the 17th century with the industrialization of S Lancashire; Liverpool University (1881) and John Moores University (1992). Pop: 469 017 (2001)

a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 441 800 (2003 est). Area: 113 sq km (44 sq miles)

British Dictionary definitions for Liverpool (2 of 2)

Liverpool²

/ (ˈlɪvəˌpuːl) /

noun

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. 1770–1828, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1812–27). His government was noted for its repressive policies until about 1822, when more liberal measures were introduced by such men as Peel and Canning

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Cultural definitions for Liverpool

Liverpool

City in northwestern England; one of the greatest ports and largest cities in Britain, and the country's major outlet for industrial exports.

notes for Liverpool

Liverpool was the home of the Beatles.