Hume

[ hyoomor, often, yoom ]

noun

1. David, 1711–76, Scottish philosopher and historian.
2. John, 1937–2020, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1998.

Hume

/ hjuːm /

noun

1. Hume(George) Basil19231999MEnglishRELIGION: clergyman ( George ) Basil. 1923–99, English Roman Catholic Benedictine monk and cardinal; archbishop of Westminster (1976–99)
2. HumeDavid17111776MScottishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistHISTORY: historian David. 1711–76, Scottish empiricist philosopher, economist, and historian, whose sceptic philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses. His works include A Treatise of Human Nature (1740), An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), Political Discourses (1752), and History of England (1754–62)
3. HumeJohn1937MNorthern IrelandPOLITICS: politician John. born 1937, Northern Ireland politician; leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) (1979–2001). Nobel peace prize jointly with David Trimble in 1998

Derived Forms

• ˈHumism, noun

Example Sentences

He also imagines crisis call-center operators employing Hume-based AI to help diagnose the seriousness of a person’s depression from their vocalizations.

From Washington Post

By getting trained on hundreds of thousands of facial and vocal expressions from around the world, artificial intelligence on the Hume platform can react to how users are truly feeling and cater more closely to their emotional needs, Cowen said.

From Washington Post

Cowen said he even envisions social media companies using Hume’s platform to gauge a user’s mood — then algorithmically adjusting served posts to improve it.

From Washington Post

He seemed particularly fond of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy.

From The Daily Beast

Hume, clearly stumbling, finally said, “Yea, I agree with you.”

From The Daily Beast

Hume said Obama was non-divisive “and not a race hustler in any way” and America was proud to see him elected.

From The Daily Beast

What Hume seems to not understand is that maybe folks are blasting him because he is making such silly assumptions.

From The Daily Beast

Gary Hume dressed as a Mexican dandy and sold tequila slammers.

From The Daily Beast

The parsimony of your spouse, who rather chuses to build Gateways than to buy books, has hitherto deprived you of Hume.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Hume, in supporting the proposition, stated that it did not go far enough.

From Project Gutenberg

On this occasion Mr. Hume voted for them, although, he said, he knew they were in the wrong.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Littleton himself requested Mr. Hume to withdraw his motion; but that gentleman declined to do so.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Hume moved a string of eleven resolutions upon this subject.

From Project Gutenberg