Austin

[ aw-stuhn ]

/ ˈɔ stən /

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noun

Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.

John, 1790–1859, English writer on law.

John Lang·shaw

[lang-shaw], /ˈlæŋ ʃɔ/, 1911–60, British philosopher.

Mary (Hunter), 1868–1934, U.S. novelist, playwright, and short-story writer.

Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American colonizer in Texas.

Warren Robinson, 1877–1962, U.S. diplomat.

Augustine, Saint (def. 2).

a city in and the capital of Texas, in the central part, on the Colorado River.

a city in SE Minnesota.

a male given name, form of Augustus.

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The program has not made a final selection on which upgrades will actually be included in future versions of the F-35.
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That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
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In fact, according to F-35 program sources, the next software upgrades are not yet fully defined nor are they fully funded.
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“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.
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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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I follow F. mainly, and note all but very trifling variations from it.
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I played up one octave, and then I wished to go on by placing my first finger on F sharp.
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The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .
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The box of the diplomatic corps was just opposite us, and our gay little Mrs. F. sat in it dressed in white satin.
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British Dictionary definitions for Austin (1 of 3)

Austin¹

/ (ˈɒstɪn) /

noun

a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)

British Dictionary definitions for Austin (2 of 3)

Austin²

/ (ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔː-) /

noun

Herbert, 1st Baron. 1866–1941, British automobile engineer, who founded the Austin Motor Company

John. 1790–1859, British jurist, whose book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) greatly influenced legal theory and the English legal system

J (ohn) L (angshaw) (ˈlæŋʃɔː). 1911–60, English philosopher, whose lectures Sense and Sensibilia and How to do Things with Words were published posthumously in 1962

British Dictionary definitions for Austin (3 of 3)

Austin³

/ (ˈɒstɪn) /

adjective, noun

another word for Augustinian

Word Origin for Austin

C14: shortened form of Augustine

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Cultural definitions for Austin

Austin

Capital of Texas.

notes for Austin

Location of the University of Texas.

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