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Dewey
[ doo-ee, dyoo-ee ]
noun
- George, 1837鈥1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- John, 1859鈥1952, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- 惭别濒路惫颈濒 [mel, -vil], Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, 1851鈥1931, U.S. educator, administrator, and innovator in the field of library science.
- Thomas E(dmund), 1902鈥71, U.S. lawyer and political leader.
- a male given name, form of David.
Dewey
/ 藞诲箩耻藧瑟 /
noun
- DeweyJohn18591952MUSPHILOSOPHY: philosopherEDUCATION: educator John. 1859鈥1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)
Example Sentences
鈥淚t鈥檚 a big blow to the community,鈥 said Dewey Livingston, who lives in Inverness and has written extensively about the history of Point Reyes.
Dewey expects the next move to be a "sort of filing" that could lay out the next steps, adding: "We may well have another lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security."
I love Chalamet, but can鈥檛 fully get behind him winning because 鈥淲alk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story鈥 ruined me for music biopics.
鈥淎nyone who has begun to think,鈥 philosopher and educator John Dewey observed, 鈥減laces some portion of the world in jeopardy.鈥
Relying on polls and the prognosticating reputation of their Washington correspondent, editors announced the victory of Republican New York Gov. Thomas Dewey over the incumbent president, Democrat Harry S. Truman.
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