Ogden

[awg-duh n, og-]

noun

Charles Kay,1889–1957, British psychologist and linguist, inventor of Basic English.
a city in N Utah.
a male given name.

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Contemporary Examples of ogden

The 21-year-old was crowned Miss Utah on October 27, 2012, at the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts in Ogden, Utah.
Miss Utah Marissa Powell’s Face-Palm Moment During the Miss USA Pageant
Marlow Stern
June 17, 2013
And the city of Ogden, Utah, is launching a 54-foot, remote-controlled “crime-fighting blimp” with a powerful surveillance camera.
Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons
Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz
December 21, 2011
Ogden, Jane, et al. “Understanding the Role of Life Events in Weight Loss and Weight Gain.”
Will I Get Fat? 15 Signs You'll Gain Weight
Anneli Rufus
November 10, 2011
In July, 800 people demonstrated on behalf of public-school teachers in Ogden, Utah.
The Liberals’ Tea Party
Michelle Goldberg
August 15, 2011

Historical Examples of ogden

And Ogden Minot he pays me to be stevedore aboard his house yonder.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Cahoon,' says he, 'this is Mr. Ogden Minot; his folks hailed from Bayport.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
"I told Ogden so last time he was down," continued Mr. Cahoon.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Ogden could rent it out but he couldn't sell it; that was the pickle he was in.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln
You see, young Ogden was the General's grandson and he'd had the property left him.
Fair Harbor
Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for ogden

Ogden

noun

C (harles) K (ay). 1889–1957, English linguist, who, with I. A. Richards, devised Basic English

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