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Definition: Hume

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).[Wordnet].

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"Hume" is a common misspelling or typo for: hums, humes.

Date "Hume" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Specialty Definition: Hume

Domain Definition
Literature Hume (David), the historian, takes the lead among modern philosophical sceptics. His great argument is this: It is more likely that testimony should be false than that miracles should be true. (1711-1776.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Common Expressions: Hume

Expressions Definition
Alexander Hume Alexander Hume (c. 1560 - December 4, 1609) was a Scottish poet. (references)
Allan Octavian Hume Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a Scottish civil servant and political reformer. He was the founder of the Indian National Congress. (references)
Basil Cardinal Hume Basil Cardinal Hume OSB OM (March 2, 1923 - June 17, 1999) was the Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of the Catholic Church in England and Wales from 1976-1999. Cardinal Hume was until his death the spiritual leader of English and Welsh Catholics. (references)
Brit Hume Brit Hume (born June 22, 1943) is the Washington managing editor of the Fox News Channel. He anchors Special Report with Brit Hume and is a panelist on Fox News Sunday. (references)
City of Hume The City of Hume is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 65.0 square kilometres. From 2004 Hume has had a population of over 150,000. (references)
Dann Hume Daniel Benjamin Hume was born in Whangaparaoa, New Zealand, on the 1st of September 1987 at 7:21am on a Tuesday morning. (references)
David Hume Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
David Hume Kennerly David Hume Kennerly is a internationally respected photographer whose work has appeared in many of the most influential magazines and newspapers in the US. (references)
Division of Hume The Division of Hume is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The Division is located in the central part of the state, just north of the Australian Capital Territory. It encompasses the city of Goulburn, and towns such as Bowral, Yass and Warragamba. The Division covers a predominantly rural area, with agriculture and coal mining the main industries. (references)
Fergus Hume Ferguson Wright Hume (1859-1932) was born in England. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to New Zealand. He attended high school in Dunedin and studied law at the University of Otago. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne where he obtained a post as a barrister's clerk. (references)
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Extended Definition: Hume

Hume

Hume (Home is an older variant spelling of Hume, still used for the senior branches of the family) is a surname that originated in the South East of Scotland, of which the senior representatives are the Earls of Home. The name can refer to several people and places:

People

  • Sir Alec Douglas-Home (July 2, 1903 – October 9, 1995), British Prime Minister
  • Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), British administrator in India
  • Andrew Hamilton Hume (1762-1849), Australian superintendent of convicts and farmer
  • Andrew Hume, Australian convict and leader of final failed attempted to rescue Leichhardt's expedition
  • Basil Cardinal Hume, former Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
  • Brit Hume, journalist best known for his work on Fox News
  • David Hume (1711-1776), 18th-century Scottish philosopher
  • David Hume of Godscroft, 17th-century Scottish historian
  • David Hume (explorer), Southern African explorer
  • Gary Hume, British artist
  • Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), Australian explorer
  • Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
  • Jim Hume, Scottish politician
  • John Hume, Northern Irish politician
  • Joseph Hume (b. January 22, 1777), British political reformer during the Age of Enlightenment
  • Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1847-1910), English historian, born Martin Sharp (journalist)
  • Sir Patrick Hume or Home (1641-1724), Scottish statesman
  • Peter Hume (politician), Canadian politician
  • R. E. Hume, author and indologist
  • Rob Hume, English ornithological writer
  • Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - April 16, 1645), English composer, viola player and soldier

In fiction

  • Hume (see Races of Final Fantasy), the name of the Human race in the computer role playing game series Final Fantasy
  • Desmond Hume, a fictional character on the television series Lost
  • Nick Hume, the protagonist of Death Sentence (film)

Places

Scotland
  • Hume Castle, the historic 13th century eponymous fortress of the Home/Hume family in Berwickshire, Scotland
Australia
  • Hume, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
  • the City of Hume, a municipality in northern Melbourne
  • Division of Hume, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
  • the Greater Hume Shire Council, a municipality in rural New South Wales
  • any of several prominent landmarks named after Hamilton Hume:
    • the Hume Highway, the main road between Melbourne and Sydney
    • Lake Hume, a large artificial lake and the associated Hume Dam
United States
  • Hume, Illinois, in Edgar County
  • Hume, New York
  • Hume, Virginia
  • Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
  • Hume Township, Michigan

Other

  • Hume (soil), a type of soil
  • Hume (language) (Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment), a computer programming language

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Hume". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Hume

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Hume Highway 219     Alan Hume 21
David Hume 130     Alexander Hume 3
Allan Octavian Hume 65     Allan Octavian Hume 65
Hume 57     Basil Hume 21
Hume Cronyn 32     Benita Hume 6
Old Hume Highway 30     Bill Hume 5
Hume County, New South Wales 28     Billy Hume 24
Billy Hume 24     Brit Hume 11
Desmond Hume 24     City of Hume 11
John Hume 23     Cyril Hume 5
Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois 22     Dann Hume 7
Hume Football League 21     David Hume 130
Alan Hume 21     David Hume (alternative meanings) 3
Basil Hume 21     David Hume (explorer) 4
Special Report with Brit Hume 20     David Hume Kennerly 5
Hume Township, Michigan 19     David Hume of Godscroft 3
Iain Hume 17     Desmond Hume 24
Peter Hume 17     Division of Hume 16
Division of Hume 16     Don Hume 4
Gary Hume 16     Donald C. Hume 2
Peter Hume Brown 15     Donald Hume 3
Harold Hume 15     Electoral district of Hume 5
Hume and Hovell expedition 14     Fergus Hume 7
Joseph Hume 11     Fred Hume (rugby league) 2
Hamilton Hume 11     Fred J. Hume Award 7
City of Hume 11     Frederick Hume 8
Brit Hume 11     Gary Hume 16
Greater Hume Shire Council 11     Greater Hume Shire Council 11
Hume (crater) 10     Hamilton Hume 11
Hume Castle 10     Harold Hume 15
Mary D. Hume (Steamer) 9     Hume 57
Lord Hume of Berwick 9     Hume (crater) 10
Peter Hume (politician) 9     Hume (language) 6
Hume Barbour Trophy 9     Hume (soil) 2
Hume Lake 8     Hume and Hovell expedition 14
Kirsty Hume 8     Hume and Hovell Track 3
Frederick Hume 8     Hume Barbour Trophy 9
Fred J. Hume Award 7     Hume Blake Cronyn 2
Lake Hume 7     Hume Castle 10
Rob Hume 7     Hume County, New South Wales 28
Tom Hume 7     Hume Cronyn 32
Dann Hume 7     Hume Cronyn (politician) 6
Jon Hume 7     Hume Elementary School 4
Fergus Hume 7     Hume Football League 21
Jim Hume 7     Hume Highway 219
Hume (language) 6     Hume Lake 8
Peter Hume (musician) 6     Hume Nisbet 4
James B. Hume 6     Hume Park Elementary School 4
Hume Cronyn (politician) 6     Hume Power Station, New South Wales 6
Paul Hume 6     Hume Township, Michigan 19
Matt Hume 6     Hume Township, Whiteside County, Illinois 22
Benita Hume 6     Iain Hume 17
Hume Power Station, New South Wales 6     Ivor Noel Hume 3
Sandy Hume 6     James B. Hume 6
John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford 5     Jasper Hume Nicolls 4
Marjorie Hume 5     Jefferson Hume 2
Cyril Hume 5     Jim Hume 7
Electoral district of Hume 5     John Hume 23
Tom Hume (Museums) 5     John Hume Agnew 3
David Hume Kennerly 5     John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford 5
Bill Hume 5     Jon Hume 7
Don Hume 4     Joseph Hume 11
David Hume (explorer) 4     Kirsty Hume 8
Hume Nisbet 4     Lake Hume 7
William Hume Blake 4     Lord Hume of Berwick 9
Mick Hume 4     Marjorie Hume 5
Hume Park Elementary School 4     Mary D. Hume (Steamer) 9
Jasper Hume Nicolls 4     Matt Hume 6
Hume Elementary School 4     Mick Hume 4
Tobias Hume 3     Old Hume Highway 30
John Hume Agnew 3     Paul Hume 6
Donald Hume 3     Paul Hume (game designer) 2
Hume and Hovell Track 3     Peter Hume 17
Alexander Hume 3     Peter Hume (musician) 6
David Hume of Godscroft 3     Peter Hume (politician) 9
David Hume (alternative meanings) 3     Peter Hume Brown 15
Ivor Noel Hume 3     Rob Hume 7
Paul Hume (game designer) 2     Samuel James Hume 2
Jefferson Hume 2     Sandy Hume 6
Hume (soil) 2     Special Report with Brit Hume 20
Fred Hume (rugby league) 2     Tobias Hume 3
Samuel James Hume 2     Tom Hume 7
Donald C. Hume 2     Tom Hume (Museums) 5
Hume Blake Cronyn 2     William Hume Blake 4

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"Hume" is a common misspelling or typo for: hums, humes.

Synonyms: Hume
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 Carnegie, Cicero, Crockett, Crusoe, Defoe, Dewey, Epicurus, Erasmus, Faulkner, ferris, Fuehrer, Gissing, Gulliver, Handel, Hannibal, Hawthorne, Hegel, Heine, Hemingway, lin.
Consider also: Gutenberg, Hepburn, Hobbes, Ibsen, Irving, Lamarck, Leander, lake, linn, orator, puddle, rhetorician, slab, solon, speechmaker, statesman, lough, plash, pond, pool.

Expression

 David Hume.
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Computed Synonyms: Hume

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1197   Hume     Hyde     hide, Heine, Hawthorne, Defoe, Crusoe   
 2   1.1196   Hume     Heine     Hawthorne, Hyde, Defoe, Crusoe, Carnegie   
 3   1.1192   Hume     Hawthorne     Heine, Hyde, Defoe, Crusoe, Carnegie   
 4   1.1095   Hume     Defoe     Crusoe, Heine, Hyde, Carnegie, Hawthorne   
 5   1.1095   Hume     Crusoe     Defoe, Carnegie, Hyde, Heine, Hawthorne   
 6   1.1093   Hume     Carlyle     Carlisle, Carroll, chronologer, historian   
 7   1.1092   Hume     Carnegie     Carnegie hall, Crusoe, Defoe, Heine, Hyde   
 8   1.0196   Hume     Hegel     Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Handel, Hannibal, Heine, Hepburn   
 9   1.0195   Hume     Handel     Hegel, Hannibal, Hawthorne, Hyde, Heine   
 10   1.0194   Hume     Hepburn     Ibsen, lin, Heine, Hegel, Hemingway   
 11   1.0192   Hume     Hemingway     Dewey, Heine, Hegel, Hepburn, Hannibal   
 12   1.0192   Hume     Hannibal     Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, sal, Handel, Hegel, basil   
 13   1.0191   Hume     historian     chronicler, annalist, historiographer, historic, historical   
 14   1.0095   Hume     Dewey     Dewey decimal system, Hemingway, Defoe, decimal, Hegel   
 15   1.0092   Hume     Crockett     crocket, croquet, croquette, croqueting, Crusoe   
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Computed Expressions: Hume

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.4489   Hume pipe     centrifugal pipe     centrifugally cast pipe   
 2   1.4482   Hume pipe     centrifugally cast pipe     centrifugal pipe   
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Translations: Hume

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Central Tai เดวิด ฮูม (David Hume). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 名字 (name, first name, adler, bonaparte, brahms), 休姆 (hume), 人名 (personal name, Carnegie, Cicero, Crockett, Crusoe). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 名字 (name, names, adler, bonaparte, brahms), 休姆 (hume). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 역사가 (historian, Carlyle, chronologer, historiographer, Hume). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 역사가 (historian, Carlyle, chronologer, historiographer, Hume). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew ג'ון יום (John Hume). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit ג'ון יום (John Hume). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ヒューム (Hume), ジョン・ヒューム (John Hume). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 역사가 (historian, Carlyle, chronologer, historiographer, Hume). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese เดวิด ฮูม (David Hume). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai เดวิด ฮูม (David Hume). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai เดวิด ฮูม (David Hume). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang เดวิด ฮูม (David Hume). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, Hume. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Hume

Language Translations for “Hume” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Hathagume (Hume). Additional references: Athag, Hume. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Hagume (Hume). Additional references: Double Dutch, Hume. (volunteer)
Leet #(_)^^£ (Hume). Additional references: Leet, Hume. (volunteer)
Oppish Hopume (Hume). Additional references: Oppish, Hume. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Umehay (Hume). Additional references: Pig Latin, Hume. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Hubume (Hume). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Hume. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: Hume

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Syrmaticus humiae (hume, Hume's pheasant, Hume's bar-tailed pheasant). Additional references: Latin, Hume. (volunteer)
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