washington

1. uncountablegamesSynonym of agawan base (a team game)

   Synonyms: agawan base

plural Washingtons

1. countableuncountableA state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Olympia. Largest city: Seattle.

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   The Skills Center, which is located on Amazon’s corporate headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, and opens to the public November 22, is the first of its kind for the company. It’s part of a larger commitment to train 29 million people globally in cloud computing by 2025 that AWS made last year.

   2021 November 18, Clare Duffy, “Why Amazon is opening an in-person cloud skills center to train workers for other companies”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022

   Synonyms: Washington state, Washington State, State of Washington

2. countableuncountableWashington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States).

   Taiwanese presidents, including Tsai, have a record of travelling through the U.S. en route to other countries, usually for a day or two, though the U.S. government has generally avoided meeting senior Taiwanese officials in Washington.

   2023 March 7, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, “China 'seriously concerned' by Taiwan president 'transit' plans amid reported US trip”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023, Asia Pacific

   1. countableuncountableDistrict of Columbia (a district of the United States, coterminous with the city of Washington).
   2. countablemetonymicallyuncountableThe American government.
3. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from Old English.

   George Washington, the first president of the United States, and commanding general during its war of independence.

4. countablefigurativelymetonymicallyuncountableThe federal government or administrative authority of the United States. From the capital city of Washington, D.C.

   Bond grinned again as he thought of Damon's exasperation at having to dish out a lot of soft soap to Washington when he probably had plenty of other Anglo-American snarls to disentangle.

   1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 89

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   ’Poor Mexico‘ President Porfirio Diaz (1828-1915) was to sigh, ‘so far from God, so near to the USA‘, and even the Latin-American states which felt themselves to be on closer terms with the Almighty were increasingly aware that in this world Washington was what they had chiefly to keep their eye on.

   1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 166

5. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
   2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1212).
   3. countableuncountableA ghost town in Autauga County, Alabama.
   4. countableuncountableA tiny city in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
   5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Nevada County, California.
   6. countableuncountableA town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
   7. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Wilkes County, Georgia.
   8. countableuncountableA city in Tazewell County, Illinois.
   9. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Daviess County, Indiana.
   10. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Washington County, Iowa.
   11. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Washington County, Kansas.
   12. countableuncountableA neighborhood of the city of Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
   13. countableuncountableA village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
   14. countableuncountableA town in Knox County, Maine.
   15. countableuncountableA small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   16. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Macomb County, Michigan.
   17. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Adams County, Mississippi.
   18. countableuncountableA city in Franklin County, Missouri.
   19. countableuncountableA village in Washington County, Nebraska.
   20. countableuncountableA town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
   21. countableuncountableA borough in Warren County, New Jersey.
   22. countableuncountableA town in Dutchess County, New York.
   23. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Beaufort County, North Carolina.
   24. countableuncountableA small town in McClain County, Oklahoma, named for Caddo chief "Little Boy" Washington.
   25. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
   26. countableuncountableA city in Washington County, Utah.
   27. countableuncountableA town in Orange County, Vermont.
   28. countableuncountableA small town, the county seat of Rappahannock County, Virginia.
   29. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wood County, West Virginia.
   30. countableuncountableA town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
   31. countableuncountableA town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
   32. countableuncountableA town in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
   33. countableuncountableA small town in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
   34. countableuncountableA small town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
   35. countableuncountableA small town in Green County, Wisconsin.
   36. countableuncountableA small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
   37. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Door County, Wisconsin.
   38. countableuncountableA large number of townships in the United States, listed under Washington Township.
   39. countableuncountableA community in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
   40. countableuncountableA community in Mahaica-Berbice, Guyana.
   41. countableuncountableA barangay of San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines.
   42. countableuncountableA barangay of Escalante, Negros Occidental.
   43. countableuncountableA barangay of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.
   44. countableuncountableA barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte.
6. UScountableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname, popular during the first century of American independence, given in honor of George Washington.
7. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of University of Washington.

   Synonyms: UW

plural Washingtons

1. USslangA U.S. one-dollar bill, which features a portrait of George Washington.

   9 Jacksons = / 3 Grants = / 2 Washingtons =

   2001, Jennifer Edwards, Money, Westminster, Calif.: Teacher Created Materials, Inc., →ISBN, page 62

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   He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.

   1968, Earl Conrad, Billy Rose, Manhattan Primitive, Cleveland, Oh.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 181

   Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000).

   1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle®, New York, N.Y.: New Chapter Press, →ISBN, page 339

   How much money would you have if you had 2 Grants, 4 Washingtons, and 1 Lincoln?

   1992, Mary Ann Haubner, Edward Rathmell, The Mathematics Experience, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1994, →ISBN, page 95

   Linus is afraid of money. Not the smaller bills, the Washingtons and Lincolns, the Jacksons and Grants, but the larger sums, the cashier’s checks with multiple zeros, the stock portfolios and escrow accounts, afraid too of what they buy, the new cars with their leather stink, the first-class seats on airplanes, the cellular phones and fax modems.

   1998, Noah Hawley, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 3

   Joseph had missed the feeling of carrying a phat bankroll, one not padded with Washingtons and topped with Grants.

   2010, Kehinde Garrison, American Delinquents, Anderson, S.C.: Stone Soup Press™, →ISBN, page 79

   Synonyms: George Washington