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When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.
Raymond Queneau

Meaning of "Ulysses" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ULYSSES

Ulysses  [ˈjuːlɪˌsiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ULYSSES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ulysses 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 ULYSSES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ulysses

Ulysses

Ulysses is derived from Ulixes, the Latin name for Odysseus, a character in ancient Greek literature. For more on the name Ulysses, see Ulysses. Ulysses may also refer to...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ULYSSES


atmolyses
ætˈmɒlɪˌsiːz
calices
ˈkælɪˌsiːz
calyces
ˈkælɪˌsiːz
culices
ˈkjuːlɪˌsiːz
dialyses
daɪˈælɪˌsiːz
haemolyses
hɪˈmɒlɪˌsiːz
helices
ˈhɛlɪˌsiːz
hematolyses
ˌhiːməˈtɒlɪˌsiːz
indices
ˈɪndɪˌsiːz
matrices
ˈmeɪtrɪˌsiːz
microanalyses
ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈnælɪˌsiːz
pollices
ˈpɒlɪˌsiːz
protectrices
prəˈtektrɪˌsiːz
psephoanalyses
ˌsɛfəʊəˈnælɪˌsiːz
scolices
ˈskɒlɪˌsiːz
spondylolyses
ˌspɒndɪˈlɒlɪˌsiːz
superhelices
ˈsuːpərˌhɛlɪˌsiːz
varices
ˈværɪˌsiːz
vertices
ˈvɜːtɪˌsiːz
zincolyses
zɪŋˈkɒlɪˌsiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ULYSSES

Ulundi
Uluru
ulva
Ulyanovsk
um
umami
umangite
Umar
Umar Tal
Umayyad

WORDS THAT END LIKE ULYSSES

aviator glasses
busses
classes
compasses
excesses
eyeglasses
gambling losses
gasses
glasses
gold-rimmed glasses
losses
masses
molasses
opera glasses
pair of compasses
prescription glasses
reading glasses
recesses
sunglasses
the masses

Synonyms and antonyms of Ulysses in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ulysses» into 25 languages

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

Translator English - Chinese

尤利西斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ulises
570 millions of speakers

English

Ulysses
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ulysses
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوليسيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Улисс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ulysses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইউলিসিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ulysse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ulysses
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ulysses
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユリシーズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

율리시스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ulysses
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ulysses
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அல்ஸெஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

युलिसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ulysses
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ulisse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ulysses
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Улісс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ulysses
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ulysses
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ulysses
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ulysses
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ulysses
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ulysses

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ULYSSES»

The term «Ulysses» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ULYSSES» OVER TIME

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

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8 QUOTES WITH «ULYSSES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Ulysses.
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David Baker
What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses.
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Joachim du Bellay
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.
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James Lee Burke
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
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Roddy Doyle
Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it.
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Jeff Greenfield
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower all rode their wartime heroics into the White House.
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Raymond Queneau
Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.
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Raymond Queneau
When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.
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Raymond Queneau
After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ULYSSES»

Discover the use of Ulysses in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ulysses and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ulysses:
FROM THE FOREWORD BY PHILIP DOSSICK: By now, no one needs debate the merits of Ulysses; it is one of the greatest novels of all time and a worthwhile addition to any collection.
James Joyce, Philip Dossick, 1982
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Ulysses
With characteristic flair, Kenner explores the ways James Joyce teaches us to read his novel, moving from the simple to the complex, from the familiar to the strange and new, from the norms of the 19th-century novel to the open forms of ...
Hugh Kenner, 1987
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Ulysses
James Joyce. Ulysses James Joyce Ulysses James Joyce Based on the pre1923 print editions This.
James Joyce, 2013
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Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses
"Teaches more than how to read a particular novel; it teaches us more profoundly how to read anything. This, I think, is the book's main virtue. It teaches us readers to transform the brute fact of our world."--Hugh Kenner
Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman, 1989
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HMS Ulysses
The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Now reissued in a new cover style.
Alistair MacLean, 2009
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The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
Harry Blamires helps readers to negotiate their way through this formidable, remarkable novel and gain an understanding of it which, without help, it might have taken several readings to achieve.
Harry Blamires, 2013
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.
Kate DiCamillo, 2013
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Ulysses Unbound: Studies in Rationality, Precommitment, and ...
This volume argues that people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's study "Ulysses and the Sirens".
Jon Elster, 2000
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The Adventures of Ulysses
Ulysses and his men encounter the Cyclops, Circe, and Scylla and Charybids during their long journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Bernard Evslin, 1980
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Ulysses
Though rigorously faithful to Joyce's language, Strick's decision to set the story in 1960s Dublin subtly shifted its political focus while producing an intensified humanistic interpretation of Joyce's novel.
Margot Norris, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ULYSSES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ulysses is used in the context of the following news items.
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13 Tools To Help You Finally Tackle 'Ulysses'
Happy Bloomsday, readers! Today we celebrate the meanderings of one Leopold Bloom, protagonist and heart of James Joyce's Ulysses, in a single day across ... «Flavorwire, Jun 15»
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Club 89 killer Ulysses Cribbs to remain at psychiatric hospital for now
In a bright voice, he told a judge by telephone from the Lincoln Regional Center Monday that he was “doing well” and hoped the judge had “a good afternoon.”. «Omaha World-Herald, Apr 15»
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Baker Superintendent Ulysses Joseph to announce retirement, after …
Baker school system Superintendent Ulysses Joseph is scheduled to announce his retirement at a School Board meeting Tuesday, even though the board in ... «The Advocate, Mar 15»
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NY Estate Sale of Ulysses S. Grant's Descendent Being Held
Ulysses S. Grant III, grandson of the Ohio-born Civil War hero who became the 18th president of the United States. President Grant died in 1885. Dietz and her ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Murder-suicide ruling questioned after family drowns in pond
Osceola County detectives think that Ulysses Montero drove his family into a pond ... The father of the children, 25-year-old Ulysses Montero, was sitting in the ... «Orlando Sentinel, Mar 15»
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President Grant's Detroit home will be on the move
A house Ulysses S. Grant lived in during his time in Detroit is being evicted from the State Fairgrounds and will be hauled clear across town this summer, likely ... «Detroit Free Press, Mar 15»
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Ulysses” and the Moral Right to Pleasure
Today is Bloomsday, the hundred and tenth anniversary of the events in James Joyce's “Ulysses.” The weather in Dublin looks good; the sun won't set tonight ... «New Yorker, Jun 14»
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History review: 'The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James …
Some critics consider James Joyce's Ulysses the most important book of the 20th century. Many celebrate June 16, Bloomsday, in tribute to the day in which the ... «Dallas Morning News, Jun 14»
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Ulysses S. Grant: Hero or butcher? Great man or doofus?
The guy who is conspicuously not on Mount Rushmore is Ulysses S. Grant. In the second half of the 19th Century he had a stature among Americans equal to ... «Washington Post, Apr 14»
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UPDATED: Ulysses murder suspect in custody
A Coudersport man is in Potter County Jail after an Easter Sunday murder in Ulysses Township. Greg Alan Riehl, 27, of Coudersport, has been charged with ... «The Wellsboro Gazette, Apr 14»

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