Dewey

[doo-ee, dyoo-ee]

noun

1. George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

2. John, 1859–1952, U.S. philosopher and educator.

3. Melvil Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, 1851–1931, U.S. educator, administrator, and innovator in the field of library science.

4. Thomas E(dmund), 1902–71, U.S. lawyer and political leader.

5. a male given name, form of David.

Dewey

/ ˈdjuːɪ /

noun

1. John. 1859–1952, US pragmatist philosopher and educator: an exponent of progressivism in education, he formulated an instrumentalist theory of learning through experience. His works include The School and Society (1899), Democracy and Education (1916), and Logic: the Theory of Inquiry (1938)

Example Sentences

Konstantin Sonin, a Russian economist who serves as the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, said he doubted a Budapest summit would happen.

From Salon

Democrat Adlai Stevenson and Republican Thomas Dewey ran twice and lost twice.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a big blow to the community,” said Dewey Livingston, who lives in Inverness and has written extensively about the history of Point Reyes.

From Los Angeles Times

Dewey expects the next move to be a "sort of filing" that could lay out the next steps, adding: "We may well have another lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security."

From BBC

I love Chalamet, but can’t fully get behind him winning because “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” ruined me for music biopics.

From Los Angeles Times