His supervisor gave him a sterling recommendation.
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Sterling
//ˈstɜːlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sterling" (237 found)
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following the letterfractional currencyfull of integritygenuinegilt edgedgilt-edgedgloriousgoldgoldengoodgreatesthard cashhard currencyheavenlyhigh principledhigh-mindedhigh-principledhighly respectablehonesthonest-to-god
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postage currencypostal currencypoundsprincipledpurerealrealisticreputablerespectablerightright mindedright-mindedrighteousrightfulscripsensationalshillingssilversimon puresimon-pure
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49 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جنية استرليني noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- جنيَه إِسْتِرْلِينِيّ noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лира noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Catalan
4 entries- esterlí adj (of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage)
- esterlí adj (of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver)
- lliura noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- lliura esterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 英镑 noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Czech
1 entries- libra noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Esperanto
1 entries- sterlingo noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Finnish
4 entries- erinomainen adj (of proven worth; of high or excellent quality)
- korkealaatuinen adj (of proven worth; of high or excellent quality)
- laadukas adj (of proven worth; of high or excellent quality)
- sterling adj (of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage)
Galician
4 entries- esterlino adj (of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage)
- esterlina noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
- esterlín noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
- libra noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Georgian
2 entries- გირვანქა სტერლინგი noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- ფუნტი noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Italian
4 entries- argento sterlina noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
- oro sterlina noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
- sterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- sterlina noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
Japanese
2 entries- 法定純度 noun (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness)
- 英貨 noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Malay
1 entries- sterling noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Maltese
1 entries- sterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Polish
4 entries- funt noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- funt sterling noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- funt szterling noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- sterling noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Portuguese
2 entries- esterlino adj (of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage)
- esterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Russian
2 entries- сте́рлинг noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- фунт noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Slovak
1 entries- libra noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Spanish
1 entries- libra esterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Tagalog
1 entries- esterlina noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Turkish
2 entries- pound noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
- sterlin noun (currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency)
Sample sentences
44 total sentences available.
Is this sterling silver?
Source: tatoeba (3022514)
“Whales and dolphins have always been mythical emblems for us,” said Desray Reeb, a marine biologist at BOEM’s headquarters in Sterling, Virginia. “They’re intelligent, social and mystical, and present an intriguing challenge for us to understand because they’re so like us, and yet so different.”
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For some time back Mawson & Williams, the famous financial house, have been the guardians of securities which amount in the aggregate to a sum of considerably over a million sterling.
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