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The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.
James Surowiecki

Meaning of "siren" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SIREN

From Old French sereine, from Latin sīrēn, from Greek seirēn.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SIREN

siren  [ˈsaɪərən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIREN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Siren is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SIREN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of siren in the English dictionary

The first definition of siren in the dictionary is a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure. Other definition of siren is one of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited. Siren is also a woman considered to be dangerously alluring or seductive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIREN


Aaron
ˈɛərən
Aldebaran
ælˈdɛbərən
Byron
ˈbaɪərən
Cameron
ˈkæmərən
Charon
ˈkɛərən
cordilleran
ˌkɔːdɪlˈjɛərən
Decameron
dɪˈkæmərən
dzeren
ˈdzɪərən
erigeron
ɪˈrɪdʒərən
Honduran
hɒnˈdjʊərən
Huron
ˈhjʊərən
lepidosiren
ˌlɛpɪdəʊˈsaɪərən
longeron
ˈlɒndʒərən
Lutheran
ˈluːθərən
Myron
ˈmaɪərən
nonveteran
ˌnɒnˈvɛtərən
schlieren
ˈʃlɪərən
sierran
sɪˈeərən
veteran
ˈvɛtərən
Viren
ˈvɪərən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIREN

sir-reverence
Siracusa
Siraj-ud-daula
sircar
sirdar
sire
siree
siren call
siren song
sirenian
sirenic
sirenize
Siret
sirgang
siri
siriasis
sirih
Sirius
Sirius B
sirkar

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIREN

air-raid siren
barren
brethren
children
Dairen
grandchildren
great-grandchildren
Herren
Karen
Lauren
Loren
Mirren
Nichiren
school-age children
schoolchildren
shark siren
stepchildren
Van Buren
warren
wren

Synonyms and antonyms of siren in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SIREN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «siren» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of siren

Translation of «siren» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIREN

Find out the translation of siren to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of siren from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «siren» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汽笛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sirena
570 millions of speakers

English

siren
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोहिनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صَفَّارَةُ الْإِنْذَار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сирена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sirene
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাইরেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sirène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siren
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sirene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サイレン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sirene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

còi báo động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சைரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

siren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sirena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

syrena
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сирена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sirenă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σειρήνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sirene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

siren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sirene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of siren

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIREN»

The term «siren» is very widely used and occupies the 13.201 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIREN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «siren» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «siren» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SIREN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word siren.
1
Hamish Bowles
I was ten years old when my first 'Vogue' cover sang me its siren call and dashed me against the treacherous rocks of fashion obsession.
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Geraldine Brooks
I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.
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Ava Gardner
Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong.
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Ella Henderson
I often do crazy siren noises, or, like, a high-pitched dolphin, just to make sure that all my range is there. I make random noise and blurt out random sounds, to make sure I get rid of any bad nerves. I want to make sure to feel as confident as possible.
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David Knopfler
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.
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John Podhoretz
Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.
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Gertrude Stein
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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James Surowiecki
The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.
9
Henry Taylor
No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.
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Toni Tennille
Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than just the one facet that television played on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIREN»

Discover the use of siren in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to siren and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Siren
To get her latest manuscript--which is more serious and more personal than all the rest--published, erotica author Nora Sutherlin must agree to her demanding British editor's condition, which pushes her to the limit.
Tiffany Reisz, 2012
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Siren
From the beaches of the Caribbean to the colorful streets of New Orleans, the passion that erupts between legendary pirate Jean Laffite and Lonore Roncival, a pirate's daughter and famed beauty, leads them to play a dramatic role in the ...
Cheryl Sawyer, 2005
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Siren
Evan is entranced by the alluring song of the beautiful naked woman he saw in the surf one lonely night. But this is no mere seductress. She is a siren, one of the legendary sea creatures who prey on unsuspecting men.
John Everson, 2013
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Siren Song: Chilean Water Law As a Model for International ...
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Carl J. Bauer,, 2010
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Siren
Something deadly waits beneath the waves off Winter Harbour, and this summer, no one's safe.
Tricia Rayburn, 2011
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Siren Songs: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Opera
"This collection will join a select and widely read group of books from the past decade dealing with classical music--and opera in particular--from the perspective of feminist and gender studies, sexuality, subject formation, and related ...
Mary Ann Smart, 2000
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Dark Water: A Siren Novel
The sea is calling, but the reluctant siren will do anything not to answer.
Tricia Rayburn, 2012
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The Siren
You must never do anything that might expose our secret.
Kiera Cass, 2009
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Simply Irresistible: Unleash Your Inner Siren and Mesmerize ...
Simply Irresistible is a humorous manual of case studies that show how the greatest sirens of history did what they did and got what they wanted, nearly all the time.
Ellen T. White, 2007
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Siren Song
Some of them want her soul. All of them want her dead. Siren Song, Book Two in the Blood Singer series, is another thrilling paranormal fantasy from bestselling author Cat Adams—an action-packed follow-up to Blood Song.
Cat Adams, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIREN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term siren is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rocket siren sounds across country in ongoing drill
School children hurry to shelters as sirens sound throughout Israel as part of a of an IDF Home Front Command drill on June 2, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
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Indian Point siren test planned this morning
BUCHANAN – Indian Point's emergency notification sirens will blast for four minutes Wednesday morning in Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, May 15»
3
Chiller Reveals “Slasher,” 'Lifeforce' and 'Siren' (Based On the 'V/H/S …
In Siren, a bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities. Slated to premiere ... «Bloody Disgusting, May 15»
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Romney Fire Company Shuts Off Overnight Emergency Siren, Amid …
That attorney, Larry Sherman, said his client lives just below the siren's location on top of a hill overlooking the town. He stressed that the matter should be kept ... «WHAG, Apr 15»
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Siren testing on Saturday in metro Detroit
(WXYZ) - Counties across metro Detroit are testing the warning sirens for the first time this year. It's happening at either 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. in Oakland, Wayne, ... «WXYZ, Mar 15»
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Fake cop had 'cruiser' equipped with siren, flashing red and blue lights
Police say they spotted a silver four-door 2007 Dodge Charger, not unlike the ones used by police, equipped with a siren and flashing red and blue lights ... «Canada.com, Jan 15»
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Man uses siren, lights to impersonate police officer
PICKERING, Ont. -- A 19-year-old Pickering man has been charged after police say a motorist used flashing dashboard lights and a siren on his car to pull over ... «CTV News, Dec 14»
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More than 190 Buffalo firefighters sue over volume of sirens
“Federal Signal has strong defenses to these claims, and we are committed to defending our siren products and litigating these cases as necessary,” said ... «Buffalo News, Nov 14»
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Annual Siren Test Scheduled for Area Vt., NH, and Mass., Towns
On Saturday, Nov. 1 at noon, state and local public safety agencies will conduct an audible sounding of the 37 sirens located within the Vermont Yankee 10-mile ... «vtdigger.org, Oct 14»
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San Onofre Siren To Sound At Least Once More
What could be the final test of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's siren warning system is scheduled for Wednesday, majority owner Southern ... «KPBS, Oct 14»

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