--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 25 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/25/) [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 25 [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/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/24/) **25** [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/26/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) **semantic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Semantic means to do with the meanings of words and sentences.[↗](../../semantic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Semantics is the study of meaning in language.[↗](../../semantic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Just semantics» means an argument only about which word to use, not about the real facts.[↗](../../semantic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Big, huge and giant are in the same semantic field.[↗](../../semantic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem uses a semantic field of cold: ice, frost, shiver.[↗](../../semantic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a semantic difference between borrow and steal.[↗](../../semantic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Semantics is the study of meaning.[↗](../../semantic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether you call it a bun or a roll is just semantics.[↗](../../semantic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer uses semantic search to understand the question.[↗](../../semantic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher showed us a semantic map of words about the sea.[↗](../../semantic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.[↗](../../semantic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../semantic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **semblance** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance.[↗](../../semblance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.[↗](../../semblance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../semblance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.[↗](../../semblance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../semblance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **semen** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* the fluid that carries the male seeds of life.[↗](../../semen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gratia — abominatio, Semen (Proles) — sterilitas, Imperium (Dominatio) — servitus.[↗](../../semen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../semen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **semester** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A semester is one of the two halves of a school or college year.[↗](../../semester/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is a period of learning, usually about four or five months long, with its own classes and tests.[↗](../../semester/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new semester starts next week.[↗](../../semester/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We study the solar system in the first semester.[↗](../../semester/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister is spending a semester at a college far away.[↗](../../semester/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our grades come home at the end of the semester.[↗](../../semester/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How many classes are you taking this semester?[↗](../../semester/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia my cousin says «term» instead of «semester».[↗](../../semester/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spring semester ends with a big science fair.[↗](../../semester/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **semi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* prefix «semi-»: half, or partly: semicircle (half a circle), semi-final, semi-detached, semicolon.[↗](../../semi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* noun (UK, Ireland, Australia, informal).[↗](../../semi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A semi-detached house — a house joined to one other house on one side.[↗](../../semi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* noun (informal, sport).[↗](../../semi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A semi-final.[↗](../../semi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* noun (US, Canada, Australia, informal).[↗](../../semi/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A semi-trailer truck, a very large lorry.[↗](../../semi/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a semi on the edge of town.[↗](../../semi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team reached the semis\![↗](../../semi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A semicircle is half of a circle.[↗](../../semi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The semi-final is next week.[↗](../../semi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A big semi rumbled down the highway.[↗](../../semi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Semi-skimmed milk has some of the fat taken out.[↗](../../semi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a semicolon to join two linked sentences.[↗](../../semi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **semibreve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (music, UK) The longest common note: it lasts four beats in 4/4 time, as long as two minims or four crotchets; in the USA it is called a whole note.[↗](../../semibreve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A semibreve lasts for four beats.[↗](../../semibreve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In America a semibreve is called a whole note.[↗](../../semibreve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One semibreve fills a whole bar in 4/4 time.[↗](../../semibreve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A semibreve looks like an empty oval with no stem.[↗](../../semibreve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Two minims make one semibreve.[↗](../../semibreve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the semibreve until I count to four.[↗](../../semibreve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A semibreve is as long as eight quavers.[↗](../../semibreve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **semicircle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Half a circle: a shape made by cutting a circle in half along its diameter.[↗](../../semicircle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Things arranged in a curved line like half a circle: «sit in a semicircle».[↗](../../semicircle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw a semicircle with a compass.[↗](../../semicircle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children sat in a semicircle around the teacher.[↗](../../semicircle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A protractor is shaped like a semicircle.[↗](../../semicircle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The area of a semicircle is half the area of the full circle.[↗](../../semicircle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow looks like a semicircle in the sky.[↗](../../semicircle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If the radius is 2 cm, the semicircle's curved edge is about 6.28 cm.[↗](../../semicircle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **semicircular** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shaped like half a circle.[↗](../../semicircular/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat in a semicircular row around the teacher.[↗](../../semicircular/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The church has a semicircular window over the door.[↗](../../semicircular/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the area of the semicircular garden.[↗](../../semicircular/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The semicircular canals in your ear help you keep your balance.[↗](../../semicircular/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Romans built semicircular arches.[↗](../../semicircular/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainbow made a semicircular shape across the sky.[↗](../../semicircular/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **semicolon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A semicolon is the punctuation mark ; which joins two closely linked full sentences.[↗](../../semicolon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A semicolon can also separate items in a long list when the items already contain commas.[↗](../../semicolon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was late; we went home.[↗](../../semicolon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A semicolon looks like a dot on top of a comma.[↗](../../semicolon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a semicolon to join two related sentences.[↗](../../semicolon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Dublin, Ireland.[↗](../../semicolon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In some code you must end each line with a semicolon.[↗](../../semicolon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I love reading; my brother loves football.[↗](../../semicolon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **semiconductor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A material, such as silicon, that lets electricity flow through it better than an insulator but not as well as a metal, and whose flow can be controlled.[↗](../../semiconductor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A device or chip made from such material, used in computers and phones.[↗](../../semiconductor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Silicon is the most common semiconductor.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every phone contains tiny semiconductor chips.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A semiconductor conducts electricity better than rubber but worse than copper.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Solar panels use semiconductors to turn light into electricity.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a shortage of semiconductors, so car factories slowed down.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · LED lights are made with semiconductors.[↗](../../semiconductor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **semitic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* to do with the peoples and languages of the Middle East, such as Hebrew and Arabic.[↗](../../semitic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors.[↗](../../semitic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../semitic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But the word is not of Semitic origin; it is, according to my opinion, borrowed from the Greek as the word סימן, etc., Πλημη flood.[↗](../../semitic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") אבנים מפלמות flood-stones.[↗](../../semitic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../semitic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Table of Semitic characters by Julius Euting, No. 52, 03.[↗](../../semitic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../semitic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **semitone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (music) The smallest step between two notes in Western music, such as from C to C sharp, or from E to F; half of a tone.[↗](../../semitone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* From C to C sharp is one semitone.[↗](../../semitone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · E to F is a semitone, with no black key between.[↗](../../semitone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two semitones make a whole tone.[↗](../../semitone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There are twelve semitones in an octave.[↗](../../semitone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer went up a semitone for the last chorus.[↗](../../semitone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A sharp raises a note by a semitone.[↗](../../semitone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sen is a small coin or money unit in some Asian countries, for example 100 sen make 1 ringgit in Malaysia; in Japan the sen was an old unit, 100 sen to 1 yen.[↗](../../sen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Sen.» is short for «Senator», a member of a senate, written before a name, for example in the USA.[↗](../../sen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «sen» can also be a piece of a longer word or a name.[↗](../../sen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In some dialect speech, sen is written for send.[↗](../../sen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Malaysia a sweet costs 50 sen.[↗](../../sen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · One hundred sen make one ringgit.[↗](../../sen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Japanese coins were counted in sen.[↗](../../sen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sen. Smith spoke in the Senate today.[↗](../../sen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the coins: 20 sen plus 30 sen is 50 sen.[↗](../../sen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the news, «Sen.» means «Senator».[↗](../../sen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **senate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A senate is one of the two parts of the group that makes laws in some countries; in the USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland (Seanad) and others, the Senate is often called the «upper house».[↗](../../senate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In ancient Rome, the Senate was a council of important men who advised and ruled the Roman Republic.[↗](../../senate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some universities, the senate is the group of senior teachers that runs the university.[↗](../../senate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Senate voted on the new law.[↗](../../senate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each US state has two senators in the Senate.[↗](../../senate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Australian Senate meets in Canberra.[↗](../../senate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Julius Caesar was stabbed at a meeting of the Senate.[↗](../../senate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Roman senators wore white togas with purple stripes.[↗](../../senate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bill must pass both the House and the Senate.[↗](../../senate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The university senate decides on new courses.[↗](../../senate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, the House of Lords is a bit like a senate.[↗](../../senate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A week or two passed by, and once more they appeared in the senate house.[↗](../../senate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **senator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A senator is a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in some countries, like the USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland.[↗](../../senator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In ancient Rome, a senator was a member of the Roman Senate.[↗](../../senator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The senator voted for the new law.[↗](../../senator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each US state has two senators.[↗](../../senator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Senators in ancient Rome wore togas with a purple stripe.[↗](../../senator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The class wrote a letter to their senator.[↗](../../senator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia has 76 senators.[↗](../../senator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Senator Jones visited our school.[↗](../../senator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the senators knew that their greed had been their ruin.[↗](../../senator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **send** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message.[↗](../../send/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To send someone is to tell them to go somewhere: send a child to bed.[↗](../../send/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To send something flying is to make it move fast.[↗](../../send/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To send for someone is to ask them to come.[↗](../../send/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To send greeting means to send a formal message wishing someone well.[↗](../../send/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She sends 5 texts a day.[↗](../../send/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sent 12 cards to his friends.[↗](../../send/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm sends 40 boxes to the shop each week.[↗](../../send/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cards are left after he sends 7?[↗](../../send/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sent me to the shop for bread.[↗](../../send/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher sent a letter home to all parents.[↗](../../send/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kick sent the ball over the fence.[↗](../../send/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not send your password to anyone.[↗](../../send/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Send for the cook,” says he.[↗](../../send/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying: (Torah NUM.21.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.[↗](../../send/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, (Torah GEN.31.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying: (Prophets 1KI.5.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he sent, and brought him in.[↗](../../send/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.16.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD sent Nathan unto David.[↗](../../send/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.12.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../send/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **sender** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sender is the person who sends a letter, parcel, message or email.[↗](../../sender/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport/slang, informal) In some sports, a «send» or «sender» is a big, bold jump.[↗](../../sender/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The letter came back marked «Return to sender».[↗](../../sender/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the sender before you open an email.[↗](../../sender/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't reply to messages from unknown senders.[↗](../../sender/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sender forgot to write the address.[↗](../../sender/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sender paid £3 for postage.[↗](../../sender/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who was the sender of this birthday card?[↗](../../sender/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I should be obliged if the sender would communicate with me.[↗](../../sender/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **sendest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sendest» means «you send», a form of «send».[↗](../../sendest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message.[↗](../../sendest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.[↗](../../sendest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) **sendeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «sendeth» means «sends», a form of «send».[↗](../../sendeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message.[↗](../../sendeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;[↗](../../sendeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917) **seneca** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Seneca was a Roman thinker and writer (about 4 BC – AD 65), a Stoic philosopher who wrote letters about living wisely and calmly, and was a teacher of the emperor Nero.[↗](../../seneca/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Seneca are a Native American (First Nations) people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy in New York State and Ontario; also their language.[↗](../../seneca/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Seneca Falls, a town in New York, where a famous women's rights meeting took place in 1848.[↗](../../seneca/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seneca was a Roman philosopher.[↗](../../seneca/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seneca wrote letters to his friend Lucilius about living well.[↗](../../seneca/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seneca people live in New York State.[↗](../../seneca/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seneca are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee.[↗](../../seneca/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seneca Falls meeting called for women's right to vote.[↗](../../seneca/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seneca was a teacher of the emperor Nero.[↗](../../seneca/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **senile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Weak in mind because of old age, especially forgetful or confused.[↗](../../senile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine, old-fashioned) Connected with old age: «senile dementia».[↗](../../senile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Great-gran gets confused, but the doctor says it is dementia, not just being senile.[↗](../../senile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is rude to call old people senile.[↗](../../senile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old dog seemed a bit senile, barking at nothing.[↗](../../senile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people become forgetful as they age, but many stay sharp.[↗](../../senile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the old king was senile and easily fooled.[↗](../../senile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **senior** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Older (a senior citizen).[↗](../../senior/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Higher in rank or position (a senior manager).[↗](../../senior/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A person who is older than another («she is my senior by two years»).[↗](../../senior/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, US, Canada) A student in the final year of high school or university.[↗](../../senior/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun) An older person, often retired (discounts for seniors).[↗](../../senior/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (sport, UK, Ireland, Australia) For adults or the top level (the senior team).[↗](../../senior/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* «Senior» (Sr) after a name: the father with the same name as his son.[↗](../../senior/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Senior citizens get cheap bus tickets.[↗](../../senior/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is a senior in high school.[↗](../../senior/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a senior teacher at our school.[↗](../../senior/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He plays for the senior football team.[↗](../../senior/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets cost 10 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for seniors.[↗](../../senior/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Jones Senior and Mr Jones Junior.[↗](../../senior/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She is two years my senior.[↗](../../senior/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/24/) **25** [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/26/) … [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/127/) - ← previous: [page 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/24/) - next →: [page 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