pandora

[ pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh ]

/ pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

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Also pan·dore

[pan-dawr, -dohr, pan-dawr, -dohr], /pænˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈpæn dɔr, -doʊr/, pan·dou·ra

[pan-door-uh], /pænˈdʊər ə/, pan·dure

[pan-jer, pan-door, -dyoor] /ˈpæn dʒər, pænˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər/

Words nearby pandora

P and H, pandiculation, pandit, P. and L., P & O, pandora, Pandorae Fretum, Pandora's box, pandora shell, pandore, pandour

Other definitions for pandora (2 of 2)

Pandora

[ pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh ]

/ pænˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /

noun

Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.

Origin of Pandora

<Latin <Greek Pandṓra, equivalent to pan-pan- + dôr(on) gift + -a feminine noun ending

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How to use pandora in a sentence

I fear that if we open this particular Pandora’s box, we will not like what happens next.
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Even as the debate on trust, ethics, and responsibility for “AI doctors” cranked up in temperature, the Pandora’s box has been opened.
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Veterinarians at the Los Angeles Zoo, in California, were worried Pandora had a heart problem.
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Now the only supported services for voice commands are YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, and Spotify.
Google Music shuts down smart speaker support and music store|Ron Amadeo|October 15, 2020|Ars Technica

The speaker, which works with Apple Music, will be compatible with music services from Pandora and Amazon in “coming months,” Apple said.
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So the LP was a revelation in its day, as amazing as Pandora is to us.
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Both algorithms pick a good first song, but Pandora heads next to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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The first song from Pandora is “187 Proof,” which immediately blows my mind because I have never heard this song.
Why Is Apple Punishing Me, a Loyal Fanboy, With iOS 7?|Winston Ross|September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Defeated, he tries out the new iTunes Radio against old favorite Pandora.
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Pandora, a successful entrepreneur, has long aspired to be “of no interest to anyone.”
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She had besides the latitude and longitude of the places the Pandora would touch at.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora|Edward Edwards
Like Edwards, he tells us little of the prisoners after they were consigned to "Pandora's Box."
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora|Edward Edwards
What had been possible in the Bounty was possible in the Pandora.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora|Edward Edwards
Pandora's raiment, I grieve to state, has slipped down about her waist in a manner exceedingly reprehensible.
The Fiend's Delight|Dod Grile
The gods sent Pandora to Prometheus and Epimetheus, the brothers who loved mankind.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook

British Dictionary definitions for pandora (1 of 2)

pandora

/ (pænˈdɔːrə) /

noun

a handsome red sea bream, Pagellus erythrinus, of European coastal waters, caught for food in the Mediterranean

a marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Pandora that lives on the surface of sandy shores and has thin equal valves

music another word for bandore

Word Origin for pandora

after Pandora

British Dictionary definitions for pandora (2 of 2)

Pandora

Pandore (pænˈdɔː, ˈpændɔː)

/ (pænˈdɔːrə) /

noun

Greek myth the first woman, made out of earth as the gods' revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box (Pandora's box) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset man, leaving only hope within

Word Origin for Pandora

from Greek, literally: all-gifted

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