Definitions for Rebecca
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1. Rebecca, Rebekahnoun

   (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

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1. Rebeccanoun

   A female given name from Hebrew, in regular use since the Reformation.

   Etymology: The Vulgate (Latin ) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה‎ ( Rivka , " enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare") .

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1. Rebecca

   Rebecca is a 1940 American psychological dramatic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project, and his first film produced under his contract with David O. Selznick. The film's screenplay was an adaptation by Joan Harrison and Robert E. Sherwood from Philip MacDonald's and Michael Hogan's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name, and was produced by Selznick. It stars Laurence Olivier as the aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter, Joan Fontaine as his second wife, and Judith Anderson as the housekeeper, Mrs Danvers. The film is a gothic tale about the lingering memory of the title character, Maxim de Winter's dead first wife, which continues to haunt Maxim, his new bride, and Mrs Danvers. The film won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture, out of a total 11 nominations. Olivier, Fontaine and Anderson were all Oscar nominated for their respective roles. Since the introduction of awards for actors in supporting roles, this is the only film named Best Picture that won no other Academy Award for acting, directing or writing. Rebecca was the opening film at the 1st Berlin International Film Festival in 1951.

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1. rebecca

   Song lyrics by rebecca -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by rebecca on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Old Testament
   • Wife

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Rebecca' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4091

How to pronounce Rebecca?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rebecca in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rebecca in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Rebecca in a Sentence

1. Rebecca Ryan:

   Nobody has randomly assigned children to receive different types of parenting or different types of discipline strategies, per se. ... So it's difficult for anybody to say spanking a child causes that child later on to be more aggressive, even though there are theories to suggest that could be why the correlation exists, although all the evidence is correlational, there's little correlational evidence that it's an effective strategy, and if it were effective, Rebecca Ryan should see correlational evidence.

2. Jonathan Dimech:

   I always admired Rebecca?s will and determination to keep going. She was such a gentle soul and a total sweetheart. She touched us all with her bravery and tenacity to fight. Even when she was in pain, she still wanted to carry out her exercises, partly because they reminded her of dancing which she loved so much.

3. Bill Fuzak:

   After only one or two turns the snow started to fracture above us as well as below us, i heard a female voice over my right shoulder, I think it was Rebecca, say calmly, 'it's giving way, try to stay on top.'.

4. Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt:

   Rebecca Cade sweatshirt sleeve was caught in the upper tines of the fence, and Rebecca Cade was suspended from one arm dangling on the fence.

5. Eric Goode:

   Rebecca Chaiklin knew that this was not just about... it's not a' Blackfish' because of the things Rebecca Chaiklin spoke about, rebecca Chaiklin certainly wasn't coerced.

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