Definitions for 1984
1984

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1. 1984adjective

   dystopic, Orwellian

2. Etymology: From George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four

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1. 1984

   1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.

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1. 1984

   "1984" is an American television commercial which introduced the Apple Macintosh personal computer. It was conceived by Steve Hayden, Brent Thomas and Lee Clow at Chiat/Day, Venice, California, produced by New York production company Fairbanks Films, and directed by Ridley Scott. Anya Major performed as the unnamed heroine and David Graham as Big Brother. Its only U.S. daytime televised broadcast was on January 22, 1984, during and as part of the telecast of the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII by CBS. Chiat/Day also ran the ad one other time on television, in December 1983 right before the 1:00 am sign-off on KMVT in Twin Falls, Idaho, so that the advertisement could be submitted to award ceremonies for that year. In addition, starting on January 17, 1984 it was screened prior to previews in movie theaters for a few weeks. It has since been seen on television commercial compilation specials, as well as in "Retro-mercials" on TV Land. In one interpretation of the commercial, "1984" used the unnamed heroine to represent the coming of the Macintosh as a means of saving humanity from "conformity". These images were an allusion to George Orwell's noted novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a televised "Big Brother". The rows of marching minions have direct cinematic parallels with those in the opening scenes of the classic dystopian film Metropolis. The estate of George Orwell and the television rightsholder to the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four considered the commercial to be a copyright infringement and sent a cease-and-desist letter to Apple and Chiat/Day in April 1984.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word '1984' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1700

How to pronounce 1984?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of 1984 in Chaldean Numerology is: 0

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of 1984 in Pythagorean Numerology is: 0

Examples of 1984 in a Sentence

1. Eric Garcetti:

   It has been a great few days, we have heard such amazing input. People love Los Angeles and see it as a key Olympic city, people have such fond memories of the 1984 Games.

2. Tim Kaine:

   The racist photo from Governor Northam's 1984 yearbook is horrible. This causes pain in a state and a country where centuries of racism have already left an open wound, i hope the Governor — whose career as an Army officer, pediatrician and public official has always manifested a commitment to justice and equality for all — now takes the time to listen to those he has hurt and reflect on how to move forward.

3. Andrew Medlar:

   The shorter the book, the more turnover, or circulation, the adult books on the list tend to be shorter, such as 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

4. Mister Robinson:

   It's great to be back here finally hosting' Saturday Night Live' for Christmas, this is the last episode of 2019, but if you're black this is the first episode since I left back in 1984.

5. Madison Cawthorn:

   1984 is a great fiction novel to read but it seems like it is becoming the reality we are currently living under more and more each day.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984
3. ^ Wikidata
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