--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 54 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Astonishment is a feeling of very great surprise.[↗](../../astonishment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* To my astonishment, the cat began to talk.[↗](../../astonishment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd gasped in astonishment.[↗](../../astonishment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole stared in astonishment at Rat's boat.[↗](../../astonishment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Much to our astonishment, we won the cup.[↗](../../astonishment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes widened in astonishment.[↗](../../astonishment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He shook his head in astonishment.[↗](../../astonishment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The grand-vizir was filled with astonishment.[↗](../../astonishment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.[↗](../../astonishment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astonishment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.[↗](../../astonishment/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astonishment/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations\![↗](../../astonishment/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astonishment/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.[↗](../../astonishment/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astonishment/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · To make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.[↗](../../astonishment/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.18.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astonishment/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **astounded** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very much surprised, so amazed that you are almost stunned.[↗](../../astounded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fionn was astounded.[↗](../../astounded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sultan was astounded by the marvel.[↗](../../astounded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We were astounded by the size of the cake.[↗](../../astounded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **astounding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Amazing and very surprising, hard to believe.[↗](../../astounding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She showed astounding skill with the sword.[↗](../../astounding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is an astounding thing to tell.[↗](../../astounding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon's roar was astounding.[↗](../../astounding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **astray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Astray means away from the right path or place, lost.[↗](../../astray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To go astray or be led astray means to do wrong things, often because someone tempted you.[↗](../../astray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The letter went astray in the post.[↗](../../astray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went astray in the Wild Wood.[↗](../../astray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's friends were afraid he would be led astray.[↗](../../astray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd went to look for the sheep that had gone astray.[↗](../../astray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let anyone lead you astray.[↗](../../astray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One of my gloves has gone astray.[↗](../../astray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some day they will lead you astray.”[↗](../../astray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way.[↗](../../astray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the satyrs, after whom they go astray.[↗](../../astray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.[↗](../../astray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall they not go astray that devise evil?[↗](../../astray/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings.[↗](../../astray/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.[↗](../../astray/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astray/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **astride** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal.[↗](../../astride/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy sat astride the pony.[↗](../../astride/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat astride the goat and rode off.[↗](../../astride/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jack my Hedgehog was astride the cock.[↗](../../astride/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **astrolabe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An old instrument made of brass discs and a pointer, used to measure how high the Sun or a star is above the horizon.[↗](../../astrolabe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* With it, sailors and astronomers could work out the time and where they were on Earth.[↗](../../astrolabe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum had a shiny brass astrolabe in a glass case.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors once used an astrolabe to find how far north they were.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronomer held up the astrolabe to the night sky.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a paper astrolabe in science.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An astrolabe measures the height of a star above the horizon.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scholars in Baghdad improved the astrolabe long ago.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She turned the ring of the astrolabe to line it up with the Sun.[↗](../../astrolabe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **astrologer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them.[↗](../../astrologer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king called for his astrologer.[↗](../../astrologer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The astrologer gazed at the sky all night.[↗](../../astrologer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Marzavan had an astrologer's dress made for the prince.[↗](../../astrologer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.[↗](../../astrologer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astrologer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king; (Writings DAN.2.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astrologer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.[↗](../../astrologer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../astrologer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **astrological** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with astrology, the belief that the stars and planets shape what happens to people.[↗](../../astrological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../astrological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **astrology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars at the time someone is born, or on a certain day, affect people's character and what will happen to them.[↗](../../astrology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The practice of making horoscopes based on star signs (such as Aries, Leo, Capricorn).[↗](../../astrology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Astrology says your star sign depends on your birthday.[↗](../../astrology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists have found no evidence that astrology predicts the future.[↗](../../astrology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt reads the astrology page for fun.[↗](../../astrology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomy is a science, but astrology is not.[↗](../../astrology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, astrology and astronomy were studied together.[↗](../../astrology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In astrology there are twelve signs of the zodiac.[↗](../../astrology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had been in many countries and learnt many things, including astrology.[↗](../../astrology/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **astronaut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person trained to travel and work in space, in a spacecraft or on a space station.[↗](../../astronaut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The astronaut floated inside the space station.[↗](../../astronaut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts wear spacesuits when they go outside.[↗](../../astronaut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the Moon.[↗](../../astronaut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be an astronaut when I grow up.[↗](../../astronaut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts train for years before they fly.[↗](../../astronaut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronauts ate dried food from packets.[↗](../../astronaut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · From space, the astronaut could see the whole of Australia.[↗](../../astronaut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Six astronauts live on the space station at a time.[↗](../../astronaut/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **astronomer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space.[↗](../../astronomer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An amateur astronomer is a person who watches the night sky as a hobby, often with a telescope.[↗](../../astronomer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An astronomer studies the stars and planets.[↗](../../astronomer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Galileo was a famous Italian astronomer.[↗](../../astronomer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronomer looked through a giant telescope.[↗](../../astronomer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers have found planets around other stars.[↗](../../astronomer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is an amateur astronomer with his own telescope.[↗](../../astronomer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers named the new comet after its discoverer.[↗](../../astronomer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronomer explained why the Moon changes shape.[↗](../../astronomer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be an astronomer when I grow up.[↗](../../astronomer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars.[↗](../../astronomer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).[↗](../../astronomer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../astronomer/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu\![↗](../../astronomer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") ', IX, 354, 439).[↗](../../astronomer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \<)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../astronomer/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **astronomical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and space.[↗](../../astronomical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Extremely large, especially about prices or numbers.[↗](../../astronomical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The price of the concert tickets was astronomical.[↗](../../astronomical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An eclipse is an astronomical event.[↗](../../astronomical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The distances in space are astronomical.[↗](../../astronomical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronomical society meets to look at stars.[↗](../../astronomical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our phone bill was astronomical this month.[↗](../../astronomical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An astronomical unit is the distance from Earth to the Sun.[↗](../../astronomical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **astronomy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The science that studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space.[↗](../../astronomy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Astronomy is the study of space.[↗](../../astronomy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I joined the astronomy club and saw Saturn's rings.[↗](../../astronomy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Galileo made important discoveries in astronomy.[↗](../../astronomy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomy helped sailors find their way by the stars.[↗](../../astronomy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister wants to study astronomy at university.[↗](../../astronomy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomy uses lots of very big numbers.[↗](../../astronomy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe.[↗](../../astronomy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomy, etc.; for ordinary purposes there was a decimal system of notation, without tiie principle of position.[↗](../../astronomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../astronomy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **astute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Clever at understanding people and situations quickly, and using that to your advantage; sharp and shrewd.[↗](../../astute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That was an astute guess.[↗](../../astute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The astute detective noticed the mud on the boots.[↗](../../astute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger was an astute old animal who knew the weasels' tricks.[↗](../../astute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She made an astute choice and saved money.[↗](../../astute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An astute reader will spot the clue in chapter one.[↗](../../astute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cat was astute and made a clever bargain.[↗](../../astute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But Hermes, astute as he was dishonest, determined to test the shepherd's integrity.[↗](../../astute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **asunder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart.[↗](../../asunder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The tree split asunder.[↗](../../asunder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope broke asunder.[↗](../../asunder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They parted asunder after the quarrel.[↗](../../asunder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them.[↗](../../asunder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.16.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asunder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by its neck, but shall not divide it asunder.[↗](../../asunder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.5.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asunder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.[↗](../../asunder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asunder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken\![↗](../../asunder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asunder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'[↗](../../asunder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../asunder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **asylum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Asylum is safety and protection that a country gives to people who have run away from danger, war or unfair punishment in their own country.[↗](../../asylum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone «seeking asylum» is asking another country to let them stay safely; they are called an asylum seeker.[↗](../../asylum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old-fashioned) An asylum was a large old hospital for people with serious mental illness; this word is not used for hospitals today.[↗](../../asylum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The family fled the war and asked for asylum in Canada.[↗](../../asylum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The country granted her asylum because her life was in danger.[↗](../../asylum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Asylum seekers wait for a decision on whether they can stay.[↗](../../asylum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school welcomed a boy whose family had been given asylum.[↗](../../asylum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, people with mental illness were sometimes locked in asylums.[↗](../../asylum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He sought asylum at an embassy.[↗](../../asylum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Asking for asylum is a legal right under international law.[↗](../../asylum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **at** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* At shows where something is: at the shop, at school.[↗](../../at/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At shows when: at noon, at the start.[↗](../../at/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* At shows what you look, point or aim towards: look at the board.[↗](../../at/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* At gives a price or a speed: at 5 dollars each, at 60 km an hour.[↗](../../at/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* At shows how well someone does something: good at maths.[↗](../../at/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) «Where it's at» means where the fun or the action is; «Where are you at?» asks how far you have got.[↗](../../at/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «Shout at», «have a go at» or «be at someone» means to tell them off or nag them angrily.[↗](../../at/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «at a rate of», «at a cost of», «at the commencement», «at the conclusion».[↗](../../at/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* After a word like "not", "at all" means in any way or to any degree.[↗](../../at/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Not quite.[↗](../../at/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Look at the word «equal»: it tells us to divide.[↗](../../at/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the start Ken had 12 stamps.[↗](../../at/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the shop Mia buys 3 pens.[↗](../../at/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We have lunch at twelve o'clock.[↗](../../at/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the bird on the fence\![↗](../../at/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is very good at swimming.[↗](../../at/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pencils are sold at 50 cents each.[↗](../../at/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At last the bus arrived.[↗](../../at/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · At least 3 people must play this game.[↗](../../at/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · at the shops rn, need anything[↗](../../at/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop having a go at me, I counted them twice\![↗](../../at/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · At the commencement of the journey a vehicle contained 30 passengers, at a fare of 2 dollars each.[↗](../../at/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "He isn't a rabbit at all\![↗](../../at/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I besought the LORD at that time, saying: (Torah DEU.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.[↗](../../at/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.[↗](../../at/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And they went out at noon.[↗](../../at/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Why did I not perish at birth?[↗](../../at/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a nation brought forth at once?[↗](../../at/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../at/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **atheism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The belief that there is no God or gods.[↗](../../atheism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not believing in any god.[↗](../../atheism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Atheism is the belief that there is no God.[↗](../../atheism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In RE we learned about atheism as well as world religions.[↗](../../atheism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people choose atheism, and others choose a faith.[↗](../../atheism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle's atheism doesn't stop him enjoying Christmas with us.[↗](../../atheism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Atheism and religion both try to answer big questions.[↗](../../atheism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We should respect people's beliefs, including atheism.[↗](../../atheism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An atheist might say that people can be good without God.[↗](../../atheism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **atheist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An atheist is a person who believes there is no God or gods.[↗](../../atheist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, atheist describes such a person or view.[↗](../../atheist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is an atheist, but he still comes to our carol service.[↗](../../atheist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An atheist does not believe in any god.[↗](../../atheist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Atheists and Christians talked politely in the debate.[↗](../../atheist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She became an atheist when she was older.[↗](../../atheist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In ethics class, an atheist and a Muslim pupil shared their views.[↗](../../atheist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Being an atheist doesn't mean you have no values.[↗](../../atheist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **athenian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Belonging to or coming from Athens, the capital city of Greece, especially ancient Athens.[↗](../../athenian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who lived in ancient Athens or lives in Athens today.[↗](../../athenian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Athenians built the Parthenon on a hill called the Acropolis.[↗](../../athenian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Athenian democracy let some citizens vote on laws.[↗](../../athenian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Women and slaves could not vote in the Athenian assembly.[↗](../../athenian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Socrates was a famous Athenian thinker.[↗](../../athenian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Athenian navy fought the Persians at Salamis.[↗](../../athenian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared Athenian and Spartan children in class.[↗](../../athenian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An Athenian boy went to school to learn reading, music and sport.[↗](../../athenian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician.[↗](../../athenian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/53/) **54** [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/55/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/53/) - next →: [page 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/55/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)