--- title: A — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 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/4/) [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 4 [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** [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/12/) - [affect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affect/) — To affect something means to have an effect on it, to change or influence it («Rain affects the match»). — 13 sentences - [affectation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectation/) — A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine. — 4 sentences - [affection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affection/) — Affection is a gentle feeling of liking and caring for someone or something. — 9 sentences - [affectionate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionate/) — Affectionate means showing love and fondness in a gentle way, for example with hugs, kind words or cuddles. — 9 sentences - [affectionately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affectionately/) — In a loving, caring and gentle way. — 8 sentences - [affiance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affiance/) — To promise a person in marriage, or to become engaged to marry them. Affiance is an old word for betroth. — 5 sentences - [affiliate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affiliate/) — verb. — 10 sentences - [affiliated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affiliated/) — Officially connected to or part of a bigger group or organisation. — 8 sentences - [affiliation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affiliation/) — An official connection with a group, club, party or organisation. — 10 sentences - [affinity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affinity/) — A natural liking for or feeling of understanding with someone or something. — 9 sentences - [affirm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affirm/) — To affirm something is to say firmly and clearly that it is true. — 12 sentences - [affirmation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affirmation/) — Saying firmly that something is true or that you agree with it. — 10 sentences - [affirmative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affirmative/) — Affirmative means saying "yes" or agreeing. — 12 sentences - [affix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affix/) — noun (grammar): A letter group added to a word to change its meaning: a prefix at the start (un-, re-) or a suffix at the end (-ful, -ness). — 9 sentences - [affixed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affixed/) — Affixed means fixed, stuck or attached to something. — 8 sentences - [afflict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afflict/) — To cause pain, suffering or trouble to someone or something. — 9 sentences - [afflicted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afflicted/) — Suffering from an illness, pain or trouble: «afflicted with a cough». — 10 sentences - [affliction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/) — Great suffering, trouble or sadness, such as a serious illness or a grief that will not go away. — 4 sentences - [afford](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afford/) — To have enough money to pay for something (We can't afford a new car). — 13 sentences - [affordable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affordable/) — Affordable means cheap enough for people to be able to buy or pay for. — 7 sentences - [affright](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affright/) — Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. — 5 sentences - [affront](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/) — Verb: to insult someone openly, or to face something bravely and boldly. — 5 sentences - [afghan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afghan/) — An Afghan is a person from Afghanistan, a country in Central and South Asia; Afghan means from or to do with Afghanistan. — 10 sentences - [afield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afield/) — In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home. — 5 sentences - [aflame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aflame/) — On fire, burning with flames. — 10 sentences - [afloat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afloat/) — Afloat means floating on water, not sinking. — 12 sentences - [aforesaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aforesaid/) — Mentioned earlier in the same piece of writing or speech; the one already named. — 3 sentences - [afraid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afraid/) — Afraid means feeling fear, scared that something bad might happen. — 14 sentences - [afresh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afresh/) — Again from the beginning, in a new way. — 10 sentences - [african](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/african/) — African means from, of or about Africa, the second-largest continent. — 12 sentences - [afrikaans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afrikaans/) — Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It grew from Dutch brought by settlers in the 1600s, with words from Malay, Po… — 8 sentences - [after](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/) — After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». — 24 sentences - [afterlife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afterlife/) — The afterlife is a life that many people believe comes after death, for example in heaven. — 8 sentences - [afternoon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afternoon/) — The afternoon is the part of the day after midday (12 o'clock) and before evening. — 11 sentences - [aftershock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aftershock/) — An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that comes after a big earthquake in the same area. — 8 sentences - [afterthought](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afterthought/) — Something that you think of, say or add later, after the main thing is done. — 9 sentences - [afterward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afterward/) — At a later time; after something has happened. — 4 sentences - [afterwards](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afterwards/) — Afterwards means later, after something else has happened. — 10 sentences - [ag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ag/) — Ag is short for agriculture, the work of farming: «ag school», «ag science». — 10 sentences - [again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/again/) — Again means one more time, once more. — 12 sentences - [agaric](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agaric/) — A mushroom with a cap and gills underneath, such as the common field mushroom. — 8 sentences - [agate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agate/) — A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. — 4 sentences - [agave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/) — An agave is a plant with thick, spiky, sword-shaped leaves that grows in hot, dry places, mainly Mexico and the south-west USA. — 10 sentences - [age](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/) — Your age is how many years you have lived. — 15 sentences - [agency](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agency/) — An agency is a business or organisation that provides a service for other people, like a travel agency. — 11 sentences - [agenda](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agenda/) — A list of things to be talked about or done at a meeting. — 10 sentences - [agent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agent/) — An agent is a person whose job is to act for someone else, such as a travel agent, an estate agent or a football player's agent. — 13 sentences - [aggravate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggravate/) — To make a problem, injury or illness worse. — 9 sentences - [aggravation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggravation/) — Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you. — 5 sentences - [aggregate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggregate/) — A total made by adding several amounts together. — 12 sentences - [aggregation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggregation/) — Aggregation is bringing many things together into one group or total. — 9 sentences - [aggression](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggression/) — Aggression is angry or violent behaviour or feelings that make a person or animal want to attack or hurt others. — 9 sentences - [aggressive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggressive/) — Aggressive describes someone who acts angrily and is ready to attack, fight or hurt others. — 9 sentences - [aggressor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aggressor/) — An aggressor is a person, group or country that starts a fight, attack or war. — 7 sentences - [aghast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aghast/) — Shocked and horrified, struck dumb by surprise or fear. — 5 sentences - [agile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agile/) — Able to move quickly, easily and lightly: «an agile monkey». — 10 sentences - [agility](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agility/) — Agility is being able to move quickly, easily and lightly. — 10 sentences - [agitate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitate/) — To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset. — 10 sentences - [agitated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/) — Worried, nervous and upset, unable to keep calm. — 9 sentences - [agitating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitating/) — Making someone worried or upset. — 9 sentences - [agitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitation/) — Agitation is a worried, nervous or upset feeling that makes you restless. — 10 sentences - [agnostic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agnostic/) — A person who believes that we cannot know for sure whether God exists, so they do not say yes or no. — 9 sentences - [ago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ago/) — Ago means before now, back in the past: «two years ago». — 10 sentences - [agonized](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agonized/) — Agonized means showing great pain of body or mind, or great worry and fear. — 4 sentences - [agony](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agony/) — Very great pain of the body. — 10 sentences - [agouti](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agouti/) — An agouti is a rodent of Central and South America, with long legs, like a large guinea pig, that eats fruit and nuts. — 8 sentences - [agrarian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agrarian/) — About farming, farmland or the people who work on the land. — 7 sentences - [agree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agree/) — To have the same opinion as someone: «I agree with you». — 14 sentences - [agreeable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreeable/) — Pleasant and nice. — 11 sentences - [agreeably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreeably/) — In a pleasant, nice way. — 10 sentences - [agreed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreed/) — Agreed means had the same opinion as someone. — 14 sentences - [agreement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agreement/) — Agreement is having the same opinion as someone else («We were in agreement»). — 12 sentences - [agricultural](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agricultural/) — To do with farming: growing crops and keeping animals. — 9 sentences - [agriculture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agriculture/) — Agriculture is farming: growing crops and keeping animals for food, wool and other products. — 9 sentences - [aground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aground/) — If a ship runs aground or goes aground, it gets stuck on sand, rocks or the sea bottom in shallow water. — 7 sentences - [ague](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ague/) — An ague was an old word for an illness with fever and shivering, the kind caught from damp places. — 4 sentences - [ahead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahead/) — Ahead means in front, or further on: a runner who is ahead is in front of the others. — 15 sentences - [ahem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahem/) — A written sound like a small cough, made to get people's attention, to show you are about to speak, or to show you don't approve of someth… — 10 sentences - [ahimsa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ahimsa/) — Ahimsa is the idea of not harming any living thing, in thought, word or action; it is an important teaching in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddh… — 9 sentences - [ai](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ai/) — AI stands for artificial intelligence: computer programs that can do things that seem to need thinking, like understanding speech, recogni… — 11 sentences - [aid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aid/) — Aid is help, especially money, food or care given to people who need it. — 11 sentences - [aide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aide/) — An aide is a person who helps someone important, such as a president, prime minister or general, with their work. — 11 sentences - [aigu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aigu/) — Means «sharp» or «high»; in English it is used in «accent aigu», the acute accent, the little mark sloping up to the right on the letter é… — 8 sentences - [ail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ail/) — To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong. — 5 sentences - [ailing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailing/) — Ailing means ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting better quickly. — 4 sentences - [ailment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ailment/) — An ailment is an illness, usually a minor one, like a cold, cough or rash. — 8 sentences - [aim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aim/) — What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose. — 14 sentences - [aimlessly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aimlessly/) — Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town. — 8 sentences - [ain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ain/) — Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe. — 9 sentences - [air](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/) — Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it. — 16 sentences - [airborne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airborne/) — Moving or carried through the air: «airborne seeds», «airborne germs». — 9 sentences - [aircraft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aircraft/) — Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship. — 8 sentences - [airdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airdrop/) — An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute. — 9 sentences - [airflow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airflow/) — The movement of air from one place to another, for example through a room, a machine or around a wing. — 7 sentences - [airless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airless/) — With no fresh air moving; stuffy and hard to breathe in: «an airless room». — 10 sentences - [airline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airline/) — An airline is a company that flies planes carrying passengers or goods to different places. — 10 sentences - [airliner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airliner/) — A large aeroplane that carries passengers on regular flights for an airline. — 7 sentences - [airplane](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/) — A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air. — 9 sentences - [airport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airport/) — A place where aeroplanes take off and land, with buildings (terminals) where passengers check in, go through security and wait for their f… — 9 sentences - [airtight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airtight/) — Airtight means sealed so tightly that no air can get in or out. — 10 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** [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/page/12/)