Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of television programming.
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- noun trademark An
award given fortelevision production. - proper noun A
diminutive ofEmily andEmma , also used as a femalegiven name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television
Etymologies
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Examples
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Emmy is short for Emily, so that's easy to change.
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We here at the trades call it Emmy Season (not to be confused with our four regular seasons in Southern California: Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Pilot).
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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It (and CBS) chose the well-liked and now once again Emmy-nominated star of How I Met Your Mother to host the show, in hopes he'll pull in younger viewers and restore some critical luster after last year's reality quintet debacle.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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Dawg had an emotional investment in Emmy Sue at that point so, what the hell, why surrender to the prison of the mind.
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