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PRONUNCIATION OF LOURY

loury  [ˈlaʊərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOURY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loury is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOURY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Loury

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes only counted once. Loury is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

Definition of loury in the English dictionary

The definition of loury in the dictionary is dull, gloomy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOURY


Bowery
ˈbaʊərɪ
brewery
ˈbrʊərɪ
curie
ˈkjʊərɪ
dowry
ˈdaʊərɪ
February
ˈfɛbrʊərɪ
floury
ˈflaʊərɪ
flowery
ˈflaʊərɪ
fury
ˈfjʊərɪ
January
ˈdʒænjʊərɪ
jury
ˈdʒʊərɪ
lowery
ˈlaʊərɪ
Missouri
mɪˈzʊərɪ
Nuri
ˈnʊərɪ
obituary
əˈbɪtjʊərɪ
sanctuary
ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ
scourie
ˈskaʊərɪ
showery
ˈʃaʊərɪ
tandoori
tænˈdʊərɪ
towery
ˈtaʊərɪ
Venturi
vɛnˈtjʊərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOURY

loungingly
loungy
loup
loupe
louping ill
lour
Lourdes
loure
lourie
louring
louringly
louse
louser
lousewort
lousier
lousiest
lousily
lousiness
lousy
lout

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOURY

add insult to injury
armoury
bistoury
bury
canterbury
century
coloury
dyvoury
flavoury
Glastonbury
injury
luxury
mercury
Salisbury
savoury
stoury
Sudbury
treasury
unsavoury
vapoury

Synonyms and antonyms of loury in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «loury» into 25 languages

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洛瑞
1,325 millions of speakers

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Loury
570 millions of speakers

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loury
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loury
380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers

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Loury
278 millions of speakers

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Loury
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loury
260 millions of speakers

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Loury
220 millions of speakers

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Loury
190 millions of speakers

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Loury
180 millions of speakers

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loury
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loury
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Loury
85 millions of speakers
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Loury
80 millions of speakers

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loury
75 millions of speakers

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अहंकारी
75 millions of speakers

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Loury
70 millions of speakers

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Loury
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Loury
50 millions of speakers

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Loury
40 millions of speakers

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Loury
30 millions of speakers
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Loury
15 millions of speakers
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loury
14 millions of speakers
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Loury
10 millions of speakers
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Loury
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loury

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOURY»

The term «loury» is regularly used and occupies the 74.598 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOURY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loury

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOURY»

Discover the use of loury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Anatomy of Racial Inequality
On the contrary, this book persuasively argues that the promise of fairness and individual freedom and dignity will remain unfulfilled without some forms of intervention based on race.
Glenn C. LOURY, Glenn C Loury, 2009
2
The Crisis
The Anatomy of Racial Inequality By Glenn Loury (Harvard University Press, $22.95) /entional wisdom holds that mod- Black conservatismws its roots in the xmomic agenda set«by Booker T. /ashington just over a century ago. The I' Tuskeegee ...
3
Knowledge and Social Capital
A second contemporary source is the work of economist Glen Loury (1977, 1981) . He came upon the term in the context of his critique of neoclassical theories of racial income inequality and their policy implications. Loury argued that orthodox  ...
Eric Lesser, 2009
4
Encyclopedia of African American History: 5-Volume Set
problems of the so-called black underclass. Though Loury gained fame as a black critic of conventional African American politics, he underwent a political transformation by the late 1990s, steering away from the rightwing conservative political ...
5
Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment: Profiles of a ...
In these ideas lie the epistemological warrant for nonrelativist ethics. 33. Loury, " The Family, the Nation, and Senator Moynihan," Commentary, June 1986, p. 24 34. Loury, "The 'Color Line' Today," Public Interest no. 80 (Summer 1985): 99. 35.
Joseph G. Conti, 1993
6
Families, schools, and delinquency prevention
Are there ways to intervene early in a child's life that might reduce, at a reasonable cost, the probability of his becoming a serious delinquent?
James Q. Wilson, Glenn C. Loury, 1987
7
African Americans and Jews in the Twentieth Century: Studies ...
Indeed, Loury argues that the recognition of an individual's racial identity cannot be "legislated or litigated out of existence," and it should be turned to a benefit. For this reason Loury, like Thomas, criticizes integration "for its own sake" because ...
V. P. Franklin, 1998
8
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural ...
blackness as a social and political reality, he found his status challenged when he and Loury attended a black political rally. Woody was rebuffed, his claim "I'm a brother, too" falling on suspicious and hostile ears unless someone else was ...
Angela D. Dillard, 2002
9
Coming Together/coming Apart: Religion, Community, and Modernity
Loury has, however, recently resigned from the AEI in protest over the work of another member, Dinesh d'Souza. D'Souza's book, The End of Ratism, argues that slavery was not a racist instimtion and that the current problems of poor blacks ...
Elizabeth M. Bounds, 1997
10
Identity, Invention, and the Culture of Personalized ...
M Economist Glenn Loury has written about the complexities posed for liberal theories of race by the principle of color-blindness')5 In the 1980s, Loury was a staunch conservative with respect to race, advocating a strict color-blind position that ...
Shubha Ghosh, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOURY»

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1
Hope in the Face of Intractable Racism
It's the reason Doreen E. Loury, director of the Pan African Studies program at Arcadia University, says racism “permeates every facet of our ... «ChristianityToday.com, Jun 15»
2
Innovation is key word at Paris Air Show
Regarding delivery time, Loury added, “Once we have the TC, it will depend on volume, but should be around four to six months if we have a ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
3
Claims of Harvard Bias Against Asian Americans Show Admissions …
I remember the economist Glenn Loury making a simple but powerful point: Suppose a firm with an explicit preference for diversity posts a job ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
4
Manhattan Institute Tackles the Future of Black America
Economics professor Glenn Loury, of Brown University, claims that Daniel Moynihan's 50-year-old report was correct, "Family disintegration has ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
20-year-old gets 25 years for stabbing at Freeland state prison
After a Cobbs hearing, Jackson in March indicated he would sentence Loury, in prison for eight counts of armed robbery, to a minimum of 25 ... «MLive.com, May 15»
6
Wealth Adviser: Planning for a Big Company-Stock Payout
That's not the case, says consultant Kirk Loury. For one thing, those clients are probably nearing or in retirement, and may be drawing down ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
7
Letter: Educate yourself on hearing loss
... a pair of SoundGear Electronic hearing protectors. Dr. Mark Loury lives in Fort Collins. Read or Share this story: http://noconow.co/1IejXcK ... «The Coloradoan, May 15»
8
Get a Rare Glimpse of Dinesh D'Souza's Life After Conviction
Glenn Loury and Bob Woodson, two African-American colleagues at A.E.I., resigned in protest. As Loury wrote, “It violated the canons of civility and commonality. «Vanity Fair, Apr 15»
9
Kyhesha-Lee Joughin had to use bedroom as a toilet, dying in distress
'It was a small unit, he must have been aware of what was happening with the child,' Ms Loury said. Chief Magistrate Ray Rinaudo agreed with ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
10
Majority of Hires Never Report Looking for a Job
Indeed a large literature emphasizes the importance of informal contacts for worker job mobility (see Ioannides and Loury 2004). Unfortunately ... «Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Mar 15»

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