Definitions for Adam
Adam
Ad·am
Spelling: [ad-uh m for 1, 3, 5–8; a-d
IPA: /ˈæd əm for 1, 3, 5–8; aˈdɑ̃ for 2, 4/
Adam is a 4 letter English word.
You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Adam (aadm).
Definitions for Adam
noun
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the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
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Adolphe Charles [a-dawlf sharl] /aˈdɔlf ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1803–56, French composer of comic opera and ballet music.
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James, 1730–94, and his brother Robert, 1728–92, English architects and furniture designers.
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Lambert Sigisbert [lahn-ber see-zheez-ber] /lɑ̃ˈbɛr si ʒizˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1700–59, and his brother Nicholas Sébastien [nee-kaw-lah sey-bahs-tyan] /ni kɔˈlɑ seɪ bɑsˈtyɛ̃/ (Show IPA) 1705–78, French sculptors.
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a male given name.
Idioms
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not know from Adam, to be unacquainted with:
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the old Adam, the natural tendency toward sin:
adjective
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of or relating to the style of architecture, decoration, or furnishings associated with Robert and James Adam, characterized by free adaptation of ancient Roman forms and interiors treated with delicate ornament generally painted in light, vivid colors.
Origin of Adam
From the Hebrew word ādhām literally, man
Examples for Adam
Adam might have been created immutable by a necessity of nature.
Why, there wasn't any drama in the world 'til Adam and Eve fell!
Nerd Cruise By Adam Rogers, Wired What 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
Such ideas as Paradise, Adam and Eve, and angels, are getting obsolete.
The sin of Adam and Eve involved the ruin of their posterity.
The scenes between Johansson and Adam Pearson, a man with neurofibromatosis, are some of the most delicate and visceral this year.
No crimes were committed by Sony with the possible exception of all those Adam Sandler movies they insist on making.
True--but Adam would then have been another being, and not a man.
Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
“On Candyland, [Minghella] was just servicing Adam,” wrote Belgrad.