Definitions for colours
colours

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colors, colours(noun)

   a distinguishing emblem

   "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

2. colors, colours(noun)

   a flag that shows its nationality

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colours(Noun)

   The national flag flown by a ship at sea.

2. colours(Noun)

   The British military ceremony of raising the flag.

3. colours(Noun)

   The balls that score more than one point in snooker. Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black.

4. colours(Noun)

   Plural form of colour.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. colours

   The flags or banners which distinguish the ships of different nations. Also, the regimental flags of the army. Hauling down colours in token of submission, and the use of signals, are mentioned by Plutarch in Themistocles.

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1. colours

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

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'colours' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2400

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'colours' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1922

How to pronounce colours?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say colours in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colours in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colours in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of colours in a Sentence

1. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Poetry is a fruit of thoughts with various flavours and colours.

2. Siddharth Astir:

   Be Like the crayon...... Blunt,sharp,Long or Short...... Always add colours to others lives

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Rest your eyes well before September because with all its colours autumn is coming to visit them!

4. Winston Churchill:

   I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

5. Kevin Ching:

   The colours are absolutely vibrant, and (it is) ... probably one of the two or three most important works available now in private hands.

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