--- title: A — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 1140 words of the school 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/school/A/page/12/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / A # A — The school dictionary · page 12 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/11/) **12** - [avenue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenue/) — A wide street in a town or city, often with trees along the sides. — 11 sentences - [aver](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/) — To aver is to say something firmly, as if it were certainly true. This is an old or formal word. — 4 sentences - [average](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/average/) — The average (mean) is the number you get when you share a total equally: add the numbers, then divide by how many there are. — 13 sentences - [averse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averse/) — Not liking something or strongly against it: «averse to» something. — 9 sentences - [aversion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aversion/) — A strong dislike of something. — 9 sentences - [avert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avert/) — To avert something bad means to stop it from happening, as in «avert a disaster». — 8 sentences - [averting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/) — Stopping something bad from happening. — 9 sentences - [avian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avian/) — To do with birds: «avian flu» is bird flu. — 10 sentences - [aviary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aviary/) — An aviary is a large cage, building or enclosed space where birds are kept, big enough for them to fly about. — 9 sentences - [aviation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aviation/) — Flying aircraft, and everything to do with building, running and flying planes. — 7 sentences - [avocado](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/) — An avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with dark green or black skin, soft pale-green flesh and one big seed (stone) in the middle. — 8 sentences - [avoid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avoid/) — To avoid something means to keep away from it. — 11 sentences - [avoidance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avoidance/) — The act of keeping away from something or not doing something. — 7 sentences - [avow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avow/) — To say something openly and firmly, to declare it. — 9 sentences - [await](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/await/) — To await is to wait for something. — 9 sentences - [awake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awake/) — Awake means not sleeping. — 11 sentences - [awaken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awaken/) — To wake up, or to wake someone up (a bit formal or story-like). — 11 sentences - [award](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/) — A prize or a reward given for doing something well. — 12 sentences - [aware](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aware/) — If you are aware of something, you know about it or notice it. — 11 sentences - [awareness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awareness/) — Awareness is knowing about something or noticing it. — 8 sentences - [away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/away/) — Away means off to another place, not here any more: the bird flew away. — 23 sentences - [awe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awe/) — A strong feeling of wonder and respect, sometimes with a little fear, when you see something huge, beautiful or powerful. — 11 sentences - [awesome](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awesome/) — Awesome means very good, great or cool, as in «That film was awesome!». — 11 sentences - [awful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awful/) — Awful means very bad or unpleasant: awful weather, an awful smell. — 12 sentences - [awfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awfully/) — Very; extremely: «awfully kind», «awfully sorry». — 8 sentences - [awhile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awhile/) — Awhile means for a short time: wait awhile. After a word like «after» or «for», we write «a while» as two words. — 5 sentences - [awkward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkward/) — Awkward means uncomfortable or embarrassing, when you don't know what to say or do. — 13 sentences - [awkwardly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardly/) — In a clumsy way that is not smooth or easy, as in «he fell awkwardly». — 11 sentences - [awkwardness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/) — The feeling of being uncomfortable or embarrassed, especially in a social situation. — 9 sentences - [awl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/) — An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. — 3 sentences - [awn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awn/) — A thin, stiff bristle growing from the seed head of some grasses and grains, like barley and wheat. — 7 sentences - [awry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awry/) — Awry means crooked, not straight or not in its right place: a hat set awry. — 4 sentences - [ax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ax/) — An ax is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood. — 9 sentences - [axe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/axe/) — An axe is a tool with a heavy metal blade on a long handle, used for chopping wood or cutting down trees. — 11 sentences - [axial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/axial/) — About an axis: the line around which something turns or which runs through its middle. — 7 sentences - [axis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/axis/) — An axis is an imaginary straight line that something spins around, like the Earth's axis. — 11 sentences - [axle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/axle/) — An axle is a rod or bar that goes through the centre of a wheel, or joins two wheels, so the wheels can turn. — 7 sentences - [axolotl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/axolotl/) — An axolotl is a Mexican salamander, an amphibian that keeps its baby features all its life: feathery pink gills on its head and a tail fin… — 9 sentences - [aztec](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aztec/) — The Aztecs were a people who built a great empire in what is now central Mexico, with their capital Tenochtitlan built on a lake, until th… — 12 sentences - [azure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/azure/) — Azure means a bright, clear blue, like a cloudless sky. — 3 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/11/) **12**