Definition of emcee
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Examples of emcee in a Sentence
acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention
Recent Examples of emcee from the Web
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Adam Serwer decodes the historical context behind the emcee’s economic nationalism on his new album 4:44.
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The celebration is 9:30-11 a.m. Saratoga Mayor Emily Lo will give the welcome speech and emcee.
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Special guest and emcee is Jim Flannigan, a mainstay at the top comedy clubs around the country.
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Each of the contestants was greeted with a round of cheers when they were introduced and briefly interviewed by emcee Rich Linden, a radio and television announcer.
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Kara Sundlun of WFSB Channel 3 was the emcee (and a model in the show).
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The voice of the Whalers, Chuck Kaiton, will be the emcee.
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Laugh Riot Live standup with emcee Eddie Morrison, feature comic Robert Mac, followed by headliner Rahmein Mostafavi.
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Local notables served as judges and included the event emcee, WGN-TV's Micah Materre, along with Tom O'Gorman and Marit Bohbot.
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Origin and Etymology of emcee
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Definition of emcee
emceed
;emceeing
transitive verb
: to act as master of ceremonies of emcee an awards dinner
intransitive verb
: to act as master of ceremonies
Examples of emcee in a Sentence
She agreed to emcee at an awards dinner.
Recent Examples of emcee from the Web
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Leawood’s mayor, Peggy Dunn, served as grand marshal and Fox 4 anchor John Holt emceed the event, which was sponsored by the foundation, Park Place and Shawnee Mission Health.
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Wes Henderson, the co-founder of Angel's Envy, will emcee the dinner.
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Sacramento Kings dancer Isela Perez will be the mistress of ceremonies and comedian Stephen B will emcee the Chihuahua contest.
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Two local students, Christina Joo and Sage Cook, will emcee for the event, and the discussion will be moderated by Education Lab editor Linda Shaw.
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Tortillas for Tepeyac was emceed by Jesse Ogas, executive director of Firefly Autism, and Entravision personality Luis Canela.
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The exclusive event was in partnership with AG Green Label and featured a Q&A segment that was emceed by the popular Amanda Balionis from CBS Sports and Callaway Golf Media.
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Emceeing the event will be WEMU-FM (89.1) music director Linda Yohn.
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Granting Wishes Co-Chairs Hinda Bramnick (who also serves as Grants Chair) and Gina Lohmann emceed the program.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emcee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of emcee
1937
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Definition of emcee for English Language Learners
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: to be the master of ceremonies for something
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