Miranda

[ mi-ran-duh; Spanish mee-rahn-dah ]

noun

1. Fran·cis·co de [f, r, ahn-, sees, -kaw , th, e], 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
2. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Uranus.
3. the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
4. a given name: from a Latin word meaning “to be admired.”

adjective

1. Law. of, relating to, or being upheld by the Supreme Court ruling ( Miranda v. Arizona, 1966) requiring law-enforcement officers to warn a person who has been taken into custody of their rights to remain silent and to have legal counsel:

   He was read his Miranda rights, placed under arrest, and transported to the jail.

   Service officers must read the Miranda warning to an arrested person before asking them any investigative questions.

Miranda

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/ mɪˈrændə /

noun

1. one of the larger satellites of the planet Uranus

Miranda

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/ miˈranda /

noun

1. MirandaFrancisco de17501816MVenezuelanPOLITICS: revolutionaryPOLITICS: nationalist Francisco de (franˈsisko de). 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionary, who planned to liberate South and Central America from Spain. A leader (1811–12) of the Venezuelan uprising, he surrendered to Spain and died in prison

Example Sentences

Co-first author Olivia Rebeck, who conducted the experiments when she was a graduate student in the Dantas lab with postdoctoral scholars Miranda Wallace, PhD, and Jerome Prusa, PhD, used a yeast strain to deliver immunotherapy to the gut.

From Science Daily

And they’re stepping into the shoes of some other wunderkind named Lin-Manuel Miranda.

From Los Angeles Times

Miranda understands how reporting abuse can “turn lives upside down” and why people may find it easier to ignore what they are being told.

From BBC

Virginia Miranda, who lives in Boyle Heights and voted for Jurado, said De León should have objected to the offensive remarks during the one-hour conversation.

From Los Angeles Times

Miranda was sharing music from “The Warriors” album, which is very unique and a great album.

From Los Angeles Times