--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 56 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, 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/C/page/56/) [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/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 56 [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:* Being calm and in control of your feelings, especially in a difficult or stressful moment.[↗](../../composure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She kept her composure even when the crowd booed.[↗](../../composure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He lost his composure and started to cry.[↗](../../composure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a deep breath, I regained my composure.[↗](../../composure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper showed great composure in the penalty shootout.[↗](../../composure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher spoke with composure during the fire alarm.[↗](../../composure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's hard to keep your composure when you're very nervous.[↗](../../composure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot's composure kept the passengers calm.[↗](../../composure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hard for any one to preserve composure on such a day; but these people had strong wills, as unbending as their hard fortune.[↗](../../composure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **compote** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fruit cooked slowly with sugar and a little water until soft, served cold or warm as a dessert or with yoghurt, porridge or pancakes.[↗](../../compote/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Ukraine, Russia, Poland) A sweet drink made by boiling fruit or berries in water with sugar, often kept in big jars for winter.[↗](../../compote/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare) A bowl on a stem for serving fruit or sweets, also called a compotier.[↗](../../compote/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had pancakes with warm berry compote.[↗](../../compote/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma made apple compote with cinnamon.[↗](../../compote/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Simmer the plums with sugar to make a compote.[↗](../../compote/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My Ukrainian friend's mum gave us a glass of cherry compote to drink.[↗](../../compote/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Compote is nice on top of porridge or yoghurt.[↗](../../compote/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shelves in the cellar were full of jars of compote for winter.[↗](../../compote/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **compound** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A substance made of two or more elements joined chemically: water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.[↗](../../compound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) A word made from two or more words.[↗](../../compound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "football" is a compound word.[↗](../../compound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An area of buildings surrounded by a fence or wall: a prison compound.[↗](../../compound/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective) Made of several parts: a compound sentence.[↗](../../compound/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb, formal) To make a problem worse: the cold compounded our troubles.[↗](../../compound/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (maths, adjective) Compound interest: interest earned on the interest too, not just on the starting money.[↗](../../compound/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To be compounded of several things means to be made by mixing them together.[↗](../../compound/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.[↗](../../compound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sunflower" is a compound word.[↗](../../compound/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the area of the compound shape by splitting it into two rectangles.[↗](../../compound/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A compound sentence joins two sentences with "and", "but" or "so".[↗](../../compound/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers lived in a fenced compound.[↗](../../compound/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The rain compounded the problems after the flood.[↗](../../compound/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With compound interest, 100 at 10% becomes 110, then 121.[↗](../../compound/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The first part is compounded of a comic and a serious theme.[↗](../../compound/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.[↗](../../compound/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../compound/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **comprehend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To understand something fully.[↗](../../comprehend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To include or contain.[↗](../../comprehend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I can't comprehend how big space is.[↗](../../comprehend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Read slowly so you comprehend each sentence.[↗](../../comprehend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy did not comprehend the command.[↗](../../comprehend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientists struggled to comprehend the results.[↗](../../comprehend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading comprehension tests check you understood the story.[↗](../../comprehend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's hard to comprehend such a large number.[↗](../../comprehend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dear Cadmus, you do not comprehend me.[↗](../../comprehend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Comprehend this great wisdom, understand this \[7\] knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and lead \[8\] the Creator back to His throne again.[↗](../../comprehend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../comprehend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Decad, which is the sum of the four former, comprehends all arithmetical and musical proportions.[↗](../../comprehend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../comprehend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding; (Writings PRO.1.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../comprehend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.[↗](../../comprehend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../comprehend/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?[↗](../../comprehend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../comprehend/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **comprehensible** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Able to be understood.[↗](../../comprehensible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.[↗](../../comprehensible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../comprehensible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **comprehension** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Comprehension is understanding: being able to know what something means.[↗](../../comprehension/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (school) A comprehension is a reading exercise where you read a text and answer questions about it.[↗](../../comprehension/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We did a comprehension about a lighthouse keeper.[↗](../../comprehension/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the passage, then answer the comprehension questions.[↗](../../comprehension/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her comprehension of maths improved a lot.[↗](../../comprehension/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The size of the universe is beyond comprehension.[↗](../../comprehension/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Listening comprehension is part of the French test.[↗](../../comprehension/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Good comprehension means reading carefully.[↗](../../comprehension/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a matter of state policy, and therefore quite beyond thy weak comprehension.[↗](../../comprehension/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **comprehensive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Including everything or almost everything that is needed; complete and thorough: «a comprehensive guide to birds».[↗](../../comprehensive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A comprehensive school is a state secondary school that takes children of all abilities without an entrance test; people often just say «a comprehensive».[↗](../../comprehensive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sport) A comprehensive win is a very big, clear win.[↗](../../comprehensive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (insurance) Comprehensive car insurance covers damage to your own car as well as to other people's.[↗](../../comprehensive/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This book is a comprehensive guide to the planets.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister goes to the local comprehensive.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gave us a comprehensive list of spellings to learn.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · City won a comprehensive victory, six–nil.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a comprehensive collection of fossils.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad needs comprehensive insurance for his new car.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science report must be comprehensive and include every result.[↗](../../comprehensive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **compress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To compress something is to press or squeeze it so it takes up less space.[↗](../../compress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing) To compress a file is to make it smaller so it is quicker to send or store.[↗](../../compress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To compress words or time is to make them shorter: «compress the story into one page».[↗](../../compress/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A compress is a pad of cloth, often cold or warm and wet, pressed on the body to ease pain or swelling.[↗](../../compress/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When you squash a sponge, you compress it.[↗](../../compress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The air in a bicycle pump is compressed.[↗](../../compress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad compressed the photos so he could email them.[↗](../../compress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a cold compress on the bruise.[↗](../../compress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spring compresses when you press it and springs back.[↗](../../compress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gases can be compressed much more than liquids.[↗](../../compress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to compress our story into 100 words.[↗](../../compress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **compressed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pressed or squeezed into a smaller space: compressed air.[↗](../../compressed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made shorter or smaller: a compressed timetable.[↗](../../compressed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) Made into a smaller file that takes less space: a compressed folder.[↗](../../compressed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Divers breathe compressed air from tanks.[↗](../../compressed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sponge compressed when I squeezed it.[↗](../../compressed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gases can be compressed, but liquids cannot easily be.[↗](../../compressed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad compressed the photos into one small file.[↗](../../compressed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole year's work was compressed into one week.[↗](../../compressed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Compressed gas cans can explode if heated.[↗](../../compressed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **compression** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Compression is pressing or squeezing something so it takes up less space.[↗](../../compression/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Compression is making a computer file smaller so it is quicker to send.[↗](../../compression/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In first aid, compressions are pushes on the chest in CPR.[↗](../../compression/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Squeezing the spring is compression.[↗](../../compression/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Air can be squashed by compression, but water hardly at all.[↗](../../compression/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chest compressions are part of CPR.[↗](../../compression/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · File compression makes pictures quicker to send.[↗](../../compression/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge must stand up to compression and tension.[↗](../../compression/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A compression bandage helped my swollen ankle.[↗](../../compression/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **compressor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A machine that squeezes air or gas into a smaller space, making its pressure higher, used to pump tyres, power tools and fridges.[↗](../../compressor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) A sound device that evens out loud and quiet parts.[↗](../../compressor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) A muscle or tool that presses something.[↗](../../compressor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garage used an air compressor to pump up the tyres.[↗](../../compressor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fridge hums when its compressor is running.[↗](../../compressor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers' tanks are filled with a compressor.[↗](../../compressor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The compressor squashes air into the tank.[↗](../../compressor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders' compressor powered the drill.[↗](../../compressor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gases can be compressed, but liquids are hard to squash.[↗](../../compressor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **comprise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To be made up of certain parts; to consist of.[↗](../../comprise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To make up or form a whole (this use is common but some people think it is wrong).[↗](../../comprise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls.[↗](../../comprise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team comprises eleven players.[↗](../../comprise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A week comprises seven days.[↗](../../comprise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The house comprises three bedrooms and a kitchen.[↗](../../comprise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The test comprised twenty questions.[↗](../../comprise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is comprised of hydrogen and oxygen.[↗](../../comprise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sword was the sword of Murakumo, one of the three sacred treasures which comprise the insignia of the Imperial House of Japan.[↗](../../comprise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Heaven was created from fire or ether; the earth (comprising sea and land) from the elementary water; and the atmospheric air from the elementary air, or spirit, which establishes the balance among them.[↗](../../comprise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../comprise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../comprise/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **compromise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An agreement where each side gives up a little of what it wants so they can agree.[↗](../../compromise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To settle an argument by each side giving up something.[↗](../../compromise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To put something in danger or make it weaker: «compromise your safety».[↗](../../compromise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We both wanted the swing, so we made a compromise and took turns.[↗](../../compromise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Dad compromised: pizza tonight, fish tomorrow.[↗](../../compromise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A good compromise leaves both sides fairly happy.[↗](../../compromise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never compromise your safety to look brave.[↗](../../compromise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After a long talk, the two teams reached a compromise.[↗](../../compromise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I wanted two hours of TV and Mum wanted none; we agreed on one hour.[↗](../../compromise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No compromise was possible, and so they went at it tooth and claw.[↗](../../compromise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **compsognathus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small meat-eating dinosaur about the size of a chicken or turkey, which ran on two legs and lived about 150 million years ago in what is now Germany and France.[↗](../../compsognathus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Its name means «pretty jaw».[↗](../../compsognathus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Compsognathus was only about the size of a turkey.[↗](../../compsognathus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists found a lizard inside a Compsognathus fossil.[↗](../../compsognathus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Compsognathus ran fast on two thin legs.[↗](../../compsognathus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Its name means «pretty jaw».[↗](../../compsognathus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Compsognathus lived in the Jurassic period.[↗](../../compsognathus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, a pack of compies chased the boy.[↗](../../compsognathus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **compulsion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very strong wish to do something that is hard to stop, even when you know you shouldn't.[↗](../../compulsion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being forced to do something by a rule or by another person ("under compulsion").[↗](../../compulsion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt a compulsion to look in the box.[↗](../../compulsion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no compulsion to join the club; it's your choice.[↗](../../compulsion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a compulsion to wash his hands again and again.[↗](../../compulsion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She signed the paper under compulsion.[↗](../../compulsion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The compulsion to eat sweets can be strong.[↗](../../compulsion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people have a compulsion to gamble, which can harm their family.[↗](../../compulsion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Attendance at school is a legal compulsion for children.[↗](../../compulsion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it of your own accord, or on compulsion?"[↗](../../compulsion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **compulsory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Compulsory means something must be done because a rule or law says so; you have no choice.[↗](../../compulsory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* English and maths are compulsory subjects.[↗](../../compulsory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a seat belt is compulsory in a car.[↗](../../compulsory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · School is compulsory for children in many countries.[↗](../../compulsory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Helmets are compulsory at the skate park.[↗](../../compulsory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip is not compulsory; you can choose to stay.[↗](../../compulsory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is compulsory to wear goggles in the lab.[↗](../../compulsory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **compunction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong.[↗](../../compunction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had no compunction about eating the last cake.[↗](../../compunction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Urashima felt some compunction in taking the gift.[↗](../../compunction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt compunction after she told a lie.[↗](../../compunction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **compute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To work out an answer or amount by calculating.[↗](../../compute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, often «it doesn't compute») To make sense.[↗](../../compute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, exam) A command word: «Compute the total expenditure» means calculate it.[↗](../../compute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) In everyday talk people say «work out», «add up», «do the maths» (UK, Australia: «maths»; US: «math»), «crunch the numbers».[↗](../../compute/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual, joking) «Does not compute» in a robot voice means this makes no sense.[↗](../../compute/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Compute the area of a rectangle 6 m long and 4 m wide.[↗](../../compute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer can compute huge sums in a second.[↗](../../compute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Compute 25 times 4 in your head.[↗](../../compute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She computed how much money she had left.[↗](../../compute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Compute the average of 3, 5 and 7.[↗](../../compute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He says he is tired but he ran all day?[↗](../../compute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") That doesn't compute.[↗](../../compute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Compute the total expenditure incurred in the purchase of 4 pens at 30 cents per pen.[↗](../../compute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../compute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · do the maths, 3 of us, 12 sweets, that's 4 each (casual)[↗](../../compute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Crunch the numbers and tell me if we can afford it.[↗](../../compute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (casual)[↗](../../compute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · You got 30 for 6 × 4?[↗](../../compute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") Doesn't compute, mate, it's 24.[↗](../../compute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (rough, joking)[↗](../../compute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **computer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A computer is a machine that stores information and follows instructions to help us write, count, draw, play, send messages and look things up.[↗](../../computer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Laptops, tablets and even phones are kinds of computers.[↗](../../computer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class has 12 computers for 24 pupils.[↗](../../computer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A computer costs 400 dollars.[↗](../../computer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She used the computer for 45 minutes.[↗](../../computer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many children share each computer?[↗](../../computer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We write stories on the computer at school.[↗](../../computer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off the computer when you are finished.[↗](../../computer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer saves your work every few minutes.[↗](../../computer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He played a computer game after his homework.[↗](../../computer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A computer follows the steps of a program.[↗](../../computer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **comrade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A friend or companion, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger with you, such as a fellow soldier (comrades in arms).[↗](../../comrade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fellow member of a socialist or communist party or trade union, used as a title («Comrade Petrov»), especially in the old Soviet Union.[↗](../../comrade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old soldier remembered his comrades from the war.[↗](../../comrade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They were comrades in arms through the long winter.[↗](../../comrade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Soviet Union people called each other "Comrade".[↗](../../comrade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On Remembrance Day we honour fallen comrades.[↗](../../comrade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers were loyal comrades on the icy journey.[↗](../../comrade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well done, comrade!" he joked to his friend.[↗](../../comrade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm going to my comrade's grave.[↗](../../comrade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/55/) **56** [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/57/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/55/) - 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