--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 127 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, 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/S/page/127/) [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/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 127 [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:* To sympathise is to feel sorry for someone who is in trouble or sad.[↗](../../sympathise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sympathise with someone is to understand how they feel and be on their side.[↗](../../sympathise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I sympathise with you about the lost dog.[↗](../../sympathise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The friend sympathised very much with him.[↗](../../sympathise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sympathise with the family who lost their home.[↗](../../sympathise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sympathize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sympathize is to feel for someone in trouble, or to understand their feelings.[↗](../../sympathize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sympathize with an idea is to support it.[↗](../../sympathize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The policeman sympathized with the old man.[↗](../../sympathize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No one sympathized with his little plan.[↗](../../sympathize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sympathize with you quite as much.[↗](../../sympathize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **sympathy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sympathy is feeling sorry for someone who is sad, hurt or in trouble, and showing that you care.[↗](../../sympathy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sympathy can mean agreeing with or supporting someone's ideas or side.[↗](../../sympathy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I have some sympathy with his view.[↗](../../sympathy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) «Sympathies» are the kind words you send when someone has died: «with deepest sympathy».[↗](../../sympathy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt great sympathy for Sam when his dog died.[↗](../../sympathy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sent Mrs Jones a sympathy card.[↗](../../sympathy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children showed sympathy for the new girl who was lonely.[↗](../../sympathy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He got no sympathy from his sister when he complained.[↗](../../sympathy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I have some sympathy with your idea.[↗](../../sympathy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please accept our deepest sympathy.[↗](../../sympathy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But Jupiter had little sympathy for him.[↗](../../sympathy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **symphony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A symphony is a long piece of music for a full orchestra, usually in three or four parts called movements.[↗](../../symphony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A symphony is also an orchestra that plays such music.[↗](../../symphony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the London Symphony Orchestra" or just "the symphony" (US).[↗](../../symphony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A symphony of something is a rich mixture of things that go well together.[↗](../../symphony/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a symphony of colours".[↗](../../symphony/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We listened to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in music class.[↗](../../symphony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Haydn wrote more than a hundred symphonies.[↗](../../symphony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The symphony orchestra has strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.[↗](../../symphony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The first movement of the symphony was fast and loud.[↗](../../symphony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest at dawn was a symphony of birdsong.[↗](../../symphony/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt took me to the symphony for my birthday.[↗](../../symphony/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen smelled like a symphony of spices.[↗](../../symphony/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **symptom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sign of an illness that a person feels or notices, like a fever, cough or headache.[↗](../../symptom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sign that something bad exists.[↗](../../symptom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Litter is a symptom of a careless town.[↗](../../symptom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A runny nose is a symptom of a cold.[↗](../../symptom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell the doctor about all your symptoms.[↗](../../symptom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fever and a rash are symptoms of chickenpox.[↗](../../symptom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His symptoms got better after a day in bed.[↗](../../symptom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you have symptoms of an allergy, tell an adult straight away.[↗](../../symptom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long queues are a symptom of too few staff.[↗](../../symptom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **synagogue** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A synagogue is a building where Jewish people meet to pray, study and gather as a community.[↗](../../synagogue/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The family walks to the synagogue on Saturday.[↗](../../synagogue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbi read from the Torah in the synagogue.[↗](../../synagogue/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class visited a synagogue in RE.[↗](../../synagogue/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The synagogue has a beautiful stained-glass window.[↗](../../synagogue/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A bar mitzvah takes place in a synagogue.[↗](../../synagogue/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Jewish people gather at the synagogue for festivals.[↗](../../synagogue/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned the names of different places of worship.[↗](../../synagogue/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sync** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To sync means to make two things happen at exactly the same time, or to make devices share the same, up-to-date information.[↗](../../sync/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sync means happening together at the same time or speed; out of sync means not matching.[↗](../../sync/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) If people are in sync, they agree or get on well and think alike.[↗](../../sync/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My tablet syncs my photos to the cloud.[↗](../../sync/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancers moved perfectly in sync.[↗](../../sync/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sound in the video was out of sync with the lips.[↗](../../sync/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We synced our watches before the race.[↗](../../sync/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She and her best friend are always in sync.[↗](../../sync/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kids made a lip-sync video for the talent show.[↗](../../sync/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **synchronisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Synchronisation is making things happen at exactly the same time or speed, like clocks showing the same time or dancers moving together.[↗](../../synchronisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (technology) Synchronisation, often called syncing, is keeping information the same on two devices, such as a phone and a computer.[↗](../../synchronisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dancers' synchronisation was perfect.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Synchronisation keeps the photos the same on my phone and tablet.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Synchronised swimmers practise their synchronisation for hours.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film's sound synchronisation was off, so the voices were late.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Train timetables need synchronisation of station clocks.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fireflies in some forests flash in synchronisation.[↗](../../synchronisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **syndrome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A medical condition that is a group of signs and problems that happen together, often named after the doctor who described it.[↗](../../syndrome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Down syndrome".[↗](../../syndrome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin has Down syndrome and loves to dance.[↗](../../syndrome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A syndrome is a set of signs that happen together.[↗](../../syndrome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors gave the condition the name of a syndrome.[↗](../../syndrome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People with a syndrome are just as important as everyone else.[↗](../../syndrome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning more about her brother's syndrome.[↗](../../syndrome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every syndrome has its own name and its own signs.[↗](../../syndrome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **synonym** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A word that means the same or almost the same as another word, like «big» and «large», or «quick» and «fast».[↗](../../synonym/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Happy» is a synonym for «glad».[↗](../../synonym/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you find a synonym for «big»?[↗](../../synonym/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sum», «total» and «altogether» are synonyms in maths problems.[↗](../../synonym/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a thesaurus to find synonyms.[↗](../../synonym/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Begin» and «start» are synonyms.[↗](../../synonym/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The opposite of a synonym is an antonym.[↗](../../synonym/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tiny» is a synonym for «very small».[↗](../../synonym/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Gedniah, is a synonym of Chesed, the Fourth Sephira.[↗](../../synonym/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../synonym/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **synonymous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Synonymous words have the same or nearly the same meaning, like "big" and "large".[↗](../../synonymous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If one thing is synonymous with another, people think of them together because they are so closely connected, as in "Paris is synonymous with romance".[↗](../../synonymous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Happy" and "glad" are synonymous.[↗](../../synonymous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Finland is almost synonymous with saunas.[↗](../../synonymous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The name Einstein is synonymous with genius.[↗](../../synonymous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, "add" and "plus" are synonymous.[↗](../../synonymous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For my brother, holidays are synonymous with ice cream.[↗](../../synonymous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) In this text, "the authorities" and "the police" are synonymous.[↗](../../synonymous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These were Orestes and Pylades, whose romantic attachment to each other has made their names synonymous for devoted self-sacrificing friendship.[↗](../../synonymous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew word for circumcision is Mulah, MULH : note that MLH is also synonymous with DBR, dabar, — verbum or word.[↗](../../synonymous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../synonymous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **syntax** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The way words are arranged in a sentence to make it correct.[↗](../../syntax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The word סָפַר safar is technically a finite verb, and not a noun as the syntax requires.[↗](../../syntax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../syntax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **synthesis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A synthesis is a mix or combination of different ideas, parts or things into one new whole.[↗](../../synthesis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Synthesis is making a substance by joining simpler substances, in nature or in a lab.[↗](../../synthesis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Photosynthesis is how plants make their own food from light, water and carbon dioxide.[↗](../../synthesis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music, computers) Sound synthesis is making sounds electronically, and speech synthesis is a computer speaking.[↗](../../synthesis/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Photosynthesis is how plants make food from sunlight.[↗](../../synthesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The report was a synthesis of ideas from many books.[↗](../../synthesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists made the medicine by chemical synthesis.[↗](../../synthesis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our project was a synthesis of art and science.[↗](../../synthesis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Speech synthesis lets the computer read stories aloud.[↗](../../synthesis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The synthesis of proteins happens inside our cells.[↗](../../synthesis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your essay should be a synthesis, not a copy of one source.[↗](../../synthesis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **synthetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Synthetic means made by people from chemicals or in a factory, not naturally grown or found: synthetic materials such as nylon, polyester and plastic.[↗](../../synthetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Synthetic also means fake or artificial: synthetic flavours, synthetic diamonds.[↗](../../synthetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Synthetics are synthetic materials or fabrics.[↗](../../synthetic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal, science) Synthetic can mean made by combining parts into a whole (synthesis).[↗](../../synthetic/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nylon is a synthetic fibre.[↗](../../synthetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My raincoat is made of a synthetic material that keeps water out.[↗](../../synthetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wool is natural, but polyester is synthetic.[↗](../../synthetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pitch has synthetic grass, so it never needs mowing.[↗](../../synthetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Synthetic rubber is made from oil.[↗](../../synthetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Synthetic diamonds are made in labs.[↗](../../synthetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing synthetics can release tiny plastic bits into the sea.[↗](../../synthetic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **syrian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Syrian means from or about Syria, a country in the Middle East, on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[↗](../../syrian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Syrian is a person from Syria.[↗](../../syrian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is Syrian and speaks Arabic.[↗](../../syrian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Damascus is the Syrian capital.[↗](../../syrian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A Syrian family moved in next door.[↗](../../syrian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried Syrian food at the market.[↗](../../syrian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Syrian refugees came to Canada.[↗](../../syrian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Syrian desert is hot and dry.[↗](../../syrian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learned a Syrian song.[↗](../../syrian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was born in a Syrian town near the sea.[↗](../../syrian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Accor- ding to some writers Pythagoras was a Greek, according to others, he was either a Phctnician or a Syrian.[↗](../../syrian/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../syrian/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **syringe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tube with a plunger, used to suck up and push out liquid, often with a needle for injections.[↗](../../syringe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A similar tube without a needle, for measuring and giving medicine by mouth.[↗](../../syringe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse used a syringe to give me my vaccine.[↗](../../syringe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum gave the baby 5 millilitres of medicine with a syringe.[↗](../../syringe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the markings on the syringe carefully.[↗](../../syringe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a needle or syringe in the park, don't touch it — tell an adult.[↗](../../syringe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We pushed the plunger to see if air can be squashed.[↗](../../syringe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can squash air in a syringe, but not water.[↗](../../syringe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Syringes are thrown away in special yellow boxes.[↗](../../syringe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet used a syringe to feed the tiny kitten.[↗](../../syringe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **syrinx** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The syrinx is the voice organ of a bird, deep in its chest where the windpipe splits; it lets birds sing.[↗](../../syrinx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A syrinx is a set of panpipes, a simple instrument of reed tubes of different lengths that you blow across.[↗](../../syrinx/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Greek myth) Syrinx was a nymph who, running from the god Pan, was turned into reeds, from which Pan made his pipes.[↗](../../syrinx/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A songbird makes its song with its syrinx.[↗](../../syrinx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some birds can sing two notes at once using their syrinx.[↗](../../syrinx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd played a tune on his syrinx.[↗](../../syrinx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pan made his pipes from the reeds that had been Syrinx.[↗](../../syrinx/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat and Mole heard the far-off music of the pipes.[↗](../../syrinx/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A syrinx is made of reeds of different lengths.[↗](../../syrinx/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **syrup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick, sweet, sticky liquid made from sugar and water, or from plants, like maple syrup or golden syrup.[↗](../../syrup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A liquid medicine that tastes sweet.[↗](../../syrup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "cough syrup".[↗](../../syrup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To speak in syrup means to talk in a very sweet, smooth way, which may not be sincere.[↗](../../syrup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We poured maple syrup on our pancakes.[↗](../../syrup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Golden syrup makes flapjacks sticky.[↗](../../syrup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gave me a spoonful of cough syrup.[↗](../../syrup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Syrup pours more slowly than water.[↗](../../syrup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees.[↗](../../syrup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Peaches in syrup are very sweet.[↗](../../syrup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup, “you are to see your children walk the plank.”[↗](../../syrup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **system** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A system is a group of parts that work together as a whole, like the solar system or the digestive system.[↗](../../system/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A system is also a planned way of doing something, like a system for tidying the classroom.[↗](../../system/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A system can be a set of rules or ideas that people use, like the number system or a school system.[↗](../../system/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A computer system is a computer with its programs.[↗](../../system/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The system can mean the rules and people in charge of a country or organisation.[↗](../../system/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sun is at the centre of our solar system.[↗](../../system/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your digestive system breaks down food.[↗](../../system/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We use the metric system to measure in science.[↗](../../system/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class has a system for giving out books.[↗](../../system/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer system crashed, so we couldn't print.[↗](../../system/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Your immune system fights germs.[↗](../../system/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The city's bus system is easy to use.[↗](../../system/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our number system is based on tens.[↗](../../system/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A school is a system with many parts.[↗](../../system/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "It must be some degenerate species," said he; "I do not know it, and it is not mentioned in any system."[↗](../../system/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We find this very idea in the Pythagorean system.[↗](../../system/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../system/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The system of points in writing Hebrew was not perfected until the seventh century, and even then was not in constant use.[↗](../../system/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../system/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.[↗](../../system/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") 570, who designed it to assist his pupils.[↗](../../system/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../system/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **systematic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Done in an organized way, following a plan or method.[↗](../../systematic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cajori says:'") "The principle of l)osition in its general and systematic application required a symbol for zero.[↗](../../systematic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../systematic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/124/) [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/125/) 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