How do you use the word "row" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "row": Yes! I won twice in a row! I've staked out places for us in the front row of the auditorium.

Row Meaning

/ˈɹəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.

nounA horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

Sentence Examples

Yes! I won twice in a row!

I've staked out places for us in the front row of the auditorium.

We were sitting in the back row

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

quarrel wrangle

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The two politicians had a bitter ____ over the new tax policy in the meeting.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The students sat in a neat ____ facing the whiteboard at the front of the classroom.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And there were windows in three rows." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings vii:4:

"The bright seraphim in burning row." — 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “At a Solemn Musick”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:

"Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"Vyreen had just finished braiding my hair, and his call had caught me coming out of her crib with my 'rows looking tight." — 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 25:

"If you thought it'd be hard to get a good cornrow braiding in Latvia, think again. Porzingis said he was re-braided almost every week to keep his rows fresh." — 2015 October 22, Stefan Bondy, “Kristaps Porzingis had cornrows as a kid because 'all the girls loved it'”, in New York Daily News, New York, N.Y.: Daily News L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022:

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