--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 58 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/58/) [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 58 [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:* A large room or building where an audience sits to watch a play, concert or talk.[↗](../../auditorium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The part of a theatre where the audience sits.[↗](../../auditorium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The play was in the school auditorium.[↗](../../auditorium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The auditorium was packed for the concert.[↗](../../auditorium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The auditorium has 25 rows with 40 seats each, so 1,000 seats.[↗](../../auditorium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat at the back of the auditorium.[↗](../../auditorium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please be quiet when you enter the auditorium.[↗](../../auditorium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The auditorium lights dimmed and the show began.[↗](../../auditorium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **auditory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* About hearing or the ears.[↗](../../auditory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The auditory nerve sends signals to the brain.[↗](../../auditory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls have excellent auditory senses.[↗](../../auditory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The test checks auditory skills.[↗](../../auditory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Loud music can harm the auditory system.[↗](../../auditory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An auditory clue is a sound clue.[↗](../../auditory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats rely on auditory signals to find food.[↗](../../auditory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short written form of August, the eighth month of the year.[↗](../../aug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths/computing, rare) Short for "augmented" in some technical names.[↗](../../aug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The calendar shows Jul, Aug, Sep across the top.[↗](../../aug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimming club stops in Aug for the summer break.[↗](../../aug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · August has 31 days.[↗](../../aug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the abbreviations of the months: Jan, Feb ...[↗](../../aug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Aug ...[↗](../../aug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Dec.[↗](../../aug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Southern Hemisphere, August is in winter.[↗](../../aug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school trip form said "Aug" for the month.[↗](../../aug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · BATTEN DREW THIS AUG. 20TH, 1801 GOOD-NIGHT[↗](../../aug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aught** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) Aught means anything at all.[↗](../../aught/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In «for aught I know» it means as far as I know, for all I know.[↗](../../aught/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Anything at all.[↗](../../aught/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do you know aught of the lost boy?[↗](../../aught/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you hear aught, come and tell me.[↗](../../aught/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She may be at home, for aught I know.[↗](../../aught/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../aught/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.[↗](../../aught/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.[↗](../../aught/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed aught unseemly to God.[↗](../../aught/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.1.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (Writings JOB.31.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.'[↗](../../aught/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aught/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.[↗](../../aught/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917) · Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?"[↗](../../aught/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Celtic Fairy Tales) · And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.[↗](../../aught/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917) **augment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To make something bigger, stronger or better by adding to it.[↗](../../augment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) To make a musical interval larger (augmented chord).[↗](../../augment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She augments her pocket money by washing cars.[↗](../../augment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team was augmented by two new players.[↗](../../augment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Augmented reality games add creatures to the real world on your screen.[↗](../../augment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum augmented its collection with new fossils.[↗](../../augment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise can augment your strength.[↗](../../augment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer augmented the soil with compost.[↗](../../augment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir was augmented by singers from another school.[↗](../../augment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.[↗](../../augment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../augment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **augmentation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Making something bigger, larger or stronger by adding to it.[↗](../../augmentation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something added to make something larger.[↗](../../augmentation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The club asked for an augmentation of its budget.[↗](../../augmentation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The augmentation of the team made the work faster.[↗](../../augmentation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new wing was an augmentation to the school.[↗](../../augmentation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In music, augmentation makes each note last twice as long.[↗](../../augmentation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pay augmentation pleased the workers.[↗](../../augmentation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Augmentation of the library added 200 books.[↗](../../augmentation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **augmented** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Augmented means made bigger or added to.[↗](../../augmented/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Augmented reality is a computer picture added on top of the real world you see through a phone or glasses.[↗](../../augmented/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In music, an augmented chord or interval is made a bit wider.[↗](../../augmented/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (formal) The team was augmented by three new players.[↗](../../augmented/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She augmented her pocket money by washing cars.[↗](../../augmented/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game uses augmented reality to show dinosaurs in your garden.[↗](../../augmented/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The original sum was augmented by 20%.[↗](../../augmented/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum's collection was augmented by a gift of fossils.[↗](../../augmented/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir was augmented for the big concert.[↗](../../augmented/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **august** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* August is the eighth month of the year, with 31 days, coming after July and before September.[↗](../../august/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Written with a small a, august means grand, important and respected.[↗](../../august/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* August is the eighth month of the year.[↗](../../august/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We go camping in August.[↗](../../august/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · August has 31 days.[↗](../../august/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, August is a cold winter month.[↗](../../august/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · School starts again at the end of August in many American states.[↗](../../august/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · July comes before August.[↗](../../august/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather in August was very hot.[↗](../../august/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The august old professor spoke to the whole school.[↗](../../august/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ryn Jin forgave his subject at once at the request of his august guest.[↗](../../august/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Although the title page bears the date of 1914, the author did not receive the copies of this thesis from German)-, where the booklet was printed, until August 1921, on account of the war.[↗](../../august/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../august/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **auk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An auk is a black-and-white seabird of the cold northern seas, which dives and «flies» underwater to catch fish; puffins, guillemots and razorbills are kinds of auk.[↗](../../auk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The great auk was a big flightless auk, hunted until it became extinct about two hundred years ago.[↗](../../auk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Puffins are a kind of auk.[↗](../../auk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Auks nest on steep cliffs by the sea.[↗](../../auk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The great auk could not fly.[↗](../../auk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People hunted the great auk until none were left.[↗](../../auk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Auks use their wings to swim underwater.[↗](../../auk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched auks diving off the rocks.[↗](../../auk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Auks live in the north, penguins in the south.[↗](../../auk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **auld** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Scottish, dialect) Old.[↗](../../auld/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In «Auld Lang Syne»: a Scottish song by Robert Burns, meaning «old long since», days long ago.[↗](../../auld/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sang «Auld Lang Syne» at midnight.[↗](../../auld/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «My auld granny lives in Aberdeen,» said Hamish.[↗](../../auld/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Robert Burns wrote in Scots words like «auld».[↗](../../auld/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The auld castle stood on the hill.[↗](../../auld/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Edinburgh is called Auld Reekie.[↗](../../auld/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Should auld acquaintance be forgot?[↗](../../auld/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he gaed into the castle for shelter, and there he saw an auld wife sitting beside the kitchen fire.[↗](../../auld/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aunt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aunt is the sister of your mother or father.[↗](../../aunt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An aunt is also the wife of your uncle.[↗](../../aunt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Auntie» is a friendly word for an aunt or for an older woman friend of the family.[↗](../../aunt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His aunt gave him $10.[↗](../../aunt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is 35 years old.[↗](../../aunt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 2 aunts.[↗](../../aunt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Mary baked 24 cookies.[↗](../../aunt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is my mum's younger sister.[↗](../../aunt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed with Auntie Jo for the holidays.[↗](../../aunt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt's children are my cousins.[↗](../../aunt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His great-aunt is 90 years old.[↗](../../aunt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Em was washing the dishes.[↗](../../aunt/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.[↗](../../aunt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../aunt/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **auntie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Auntie is a friendly, informal word for an aunt, the sister of your mum or dad, or the wife of your uncle.[↗](../../auntie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In many families and cultures, auntie is a kind name for a woman friend of the family or an older woman.[↗](../../auntie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Auntie Mel is coming for tea.[↗](../../auntie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My auntie lives in Scotland.[↗](../../auntie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Auntie brought us a cake for my birthday.[↗](../../auntie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My auntie is my mum's sister, so her children are my cousins.[↗](../../auntie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We call Mum's best friend Auntie Jo.[↗](../../auntie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two aunties came to my school play.[↗](../../auntie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Good morning, auntie," says the girl.[↗](../../auntie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aunty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Aunty is a friendly name for an aunt: your mother's or father's sister, or your uncle's wife.[↗](../../aunty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, many cultures, e.g. Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, South Asian and Pacific families) Aunty is a respectful name for an older woman who is a family friend or an elder, not a real relative.[↗](../../aunty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal) "Auntie" (with a capital A) is a nickname for the BBC.[↗](../../aunty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Aunty Jo is coming for tea.[↗](../../aunty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunty gave me a book for my birthday.[↗](../../aunty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I have three aunties on my mum's side.[↗](../../aunty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunty Pat lives in New Zealand.[↗](../../aunty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We listened to Aunty, a respected elder, tell the story.[↗](../../aunty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunty Kim isn't really my aunt; she is mum's best friend.[↗](../../aunty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Aunty," said the Raja's son, "why don't you light a lamp?"[↗](../../aunty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **aura** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aura is a special feeling or quality that seems to surround a person or place, like an air of calm, mystery or importance.[↗](../../aura/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In pictures and stories, an aura is a soft glow of light around someone or something.[↗](../../aura/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) Some people with migraines or epilepsy get an aura: strange lights, tingles or feelings just before the headache or the fit starts.[↗](../../aura/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old house had an aura of mystery.[↗](../../aura/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher had an aura of calm, even when the fire alarm went off.[↗](../../aura/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the painting, a golden aura glows around the angel.[↗](../../aura/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The champion walked onto the court with an aura of confidence.[↗](../../aura/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an aura of excitement in the hall before the show.[↗](../../aura/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Before her migraine starts, Mum sees an aura of flashing zigzags.[↗](../../aura/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard's staff was surrounded by a blue aura.[↗](../../aura/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **auricle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The outer part of the ear that you can see, also called the pinna.[↗](../../auricle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science, old use) A small pouch-like part of the heart's upper chambers (atria).[↗](../../auricle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The auricle collects sound waves.[↗](../../auricle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the auricle on the ear diagram.[↗](../../auricle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits can turn their auricles.[↗](../../auricle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each atrium of the heart has a small auricle.[↗](../../auricle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The auricle is made of cartilage.[↗](../../auricle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Earrings go through the auricle.[↗](../../auricle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aurochs** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A huge wild ox with long horns that lived in Europe, Asia and North Africa and became extinct in 1627; it is the ancestor of today's cattle.[↗](../../aurochs/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The last aurochs died in Poland in 1627.[↗](../../aurochs/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cave paintings show aurochs with long horns.[↗](../../aurochs/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Aurochs were much bigger than cows today.[↗](../../aurochs/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our farm cattle came from the aurochs.[↗](../../aurochs/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Julius Caesar wrote about the wild aurochs.[↗](../../aurochs/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are breeding cattle to look like aurochs.[↗](../../aurochs/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aurora** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aurora is a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or purple) in the night sky near the North or South Pole.[↗](../../aurora/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The aurora borealis (northern lights) is seen in the north; the aurora australis (southern lights) in the south.[↗](../../aurora/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Aurora is a girl's name (a name), the Roman goddess of the dawn, and the name of Sleeping Beauty in the Disney film.[↗](../../aurora/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched the green aurora dance across the sky in Norway.[↗](../../aurora/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The aurora borealis is also called the northern lights.[↗](../../aurora/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Tasmania you can sometimes see the aurora australis.[↗](../../aurora/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An aurora happens when particles from the Sun hit our atmosphere.[↗](../../aurora/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Last night the aurora was visible even in Scotland.[↗](../../aurora/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn.[↗](../../aurora/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Princess Aurora is the heroine of «Sleeping Beauty».[↗](../../aurora/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She stood on the balcony and shone as the Aurora Borealis shines.[↗](../../aurora/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **auscultate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) To listen to sounds inside the body, like the heart and lungs, usually with a stethoscope.[↗](../../auscultate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor auscultated my chest.[↗](../../auscultate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses learn to auscultate the heart.[↗](../../auscultate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She auscultated his lungs for a wheeze.[↗](../../auscultate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To auscultate, you need a quiet room.[↗](../../auscultate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet auscultated the dog's heart.[↗](../../auscultate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Auscultate means to listen with a stethoscope.[↗](../../auscultate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **auspicious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start.[↗](../../auspicious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Special and important, as in «on this auspicious occasion».[↗](../../auspicious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Winning the first match was an auspicious start to the season.[↗](../../auspicious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher began, «On this auspicious occasion, we open our new library.»[↗](../../auspicious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families pick an auspicious day for a wedding.[↗](../../auspicious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain on sports day was not an auspicious beginning.[↗](../../auspicious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainbow seemed an auspicious sign to the travellers.[↗](../../auspicious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hardly an auspicious moment to ask for more pocket money.[↗](../../auspicious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Red is seen as an auspicious colour at Chinese New Year.[↗](../../auspicious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No more auspicious talisman of luck and success could she have given her nephew, and she bade him use it in the hour of his greatest need.[↗](../../auspicious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **aussie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) An Aussie is a person from Australia.[↗](../../aussie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Aussie means Australian, as in «Aussie rules football».[↗](../../aussie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin is an Aussie from Perth.[↗](../../aussie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had an Aussie barbecue on the beach.[↗](../../aussie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «G'day» is a classic Aussie greeting.[↗](../../aussie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aussie rules football is very popular in Melbourne.[↗](../../aussie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Aussies won the cricket match.[↗](../../aussie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Arvo is Aussie slang for afternoon.[↗](../../aussie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **austere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Austere means plain and strict, without comfort, luxury or decoration.[↗](../../austere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Austere can also mean stern and serious in manner.[↗](../../austere/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monk lived an austere life.[↗](../../austere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The room was bare and austere.[↗](../../austere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old teacher had an austere face.[↗](../../austere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **austerity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A time when a government cuts spending sharply and people have less money and fewer services.[↗](../../austerity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A plain, simple way of living without comforts or luxury: the austerity of a monk's life.[↗](../../austerity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Strictness or seriousness in how someone looks or acts.[↗](../../austerity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The government announced austerity measures to save money.[↗](../../austerity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During the years of austerity, the library opened only three days a week.[↗](../../austerity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the war people lived with austerity and rationing.[↗](../../austerity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The monks lived a life of austerity, with plain food and no luxuries.[↗](../../austerity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bare room had a cold austerity.[↗](../../austerity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The austerity of her face made the children quiet.[↗](../../austerity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/57/) **58** [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/59/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/57/) - next →: [page 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/59/) - ↑ back to [The English 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