anderson
/ˈæn.dɚ.sən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.36 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson."
- "Starbucks’ store leadership have advised their employees on how to work around the outage manually, and the company will make sure everyone gets paid for all hours worked, according to Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson."
- "The first paper plane from the stands was cheered onto the fringes of the pitch in the 19th minute and it was certainly a sleepy start, despite the best efforts of Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers to inject a bit of tempo."
- "Similar cameras were first acquired by the Anderson and Redding police departments in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Last November, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors followed suit, approving a $550,000 contract for the sheriff to install 24 Flock cameras across unincorporated parts of Shasta using Zogg Fire settlement funds."
Etymology
From Middle English Ander (“Andrew”) + -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Andersons (plural)
Andison (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Anderson-Bogoliubov mode
Anderson County
Anderson-Darling test
Anderson-Higgs mechanism
Anderson localization
Anderson squat
Josephson-Anderson relation
react Anderson