--- title: A — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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** [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/) - [airway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/) — The passage that air travels through from the nose and mouth to the lungs (throat and windpipe). — 10 sentences - [airy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airy/) — Full of fresh air and space, light and open. — 10 sentences - [aisle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aisle/) — An aisle is a long, narrow passage between rows of seats (in a church, theatre, plane, bus or classroom) or between shelves (in a supermar… — 9 sentences - [ajar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ajar/) — Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open. — 4 sentences - [akimbo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akimbo/) — Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle. — 4 sentences - [akin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/akin/) — Similar to or like something: «akin to» means much the same as. — 9 sentences - [al](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/al/) — Al is a short form of boys' names like Albert, Alan, Alfred or Alexander. — 11 sentences - [alabama](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/) — A state in the south-east of the United States; its capital is Montgomery. — 8 sentences - [alabaster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/) — Alabaster is a smooth, pale, shiny white stone, often carved into statues and vases. — 4 sentences - [alacrity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alacrity/) — Alacrity means quickness and eagerness in doing something, without delay. — 4 sentences - [alarm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/) — A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of danger: a fire alarm, a smoke alarm. — 14 sentences - [alas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alas/) — A word that shows sadness, sorrow or regret: «Alas, it was too late.». — 10 sentences - [alaskan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alaskan/) — adjective. — 10 sentences - [albatross](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albatross/) — An albatross is a very large seabird with long narrow wings that can glide over the ocean for a long time. — 8 sentences - [albino](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/albino/) — An albino is a person or animal born with little or no colour (pigment) in the skin, hair and eyes, so they are very pale or white. — 8 sentences - [album](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/album/) — An album is a book with empty pages for keeping photos, stamps or stickers. — 13 sentences - [alchemist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alchemist/) — An alchemist was a person long ago, in the Middle Ages and before, who tried to turn ordinary metals like lead into gold and to find a med… — 10 sentences - [alcohol](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcohol/) — A colourless liquid in drinks like beer, wine and spirits that changes the way people think and act, and can make them drunk. — 10 sentences - [alcoholic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholic/) — An alcoholic drink has alcohol in it, like beer, wine or whisky. — 11 sentences - [alcoholism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcoholism/) — An illness in which a person cannot stop drinking alcohol, even though it harms them and the people around them. — 7 sentences - [alcove](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alcove/) — An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown. — 4 sentences - [alder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alder/) — An alder is a tree of the birch family that grows by rivers and in wet ground, with roundish leaves and small cones and catkins. — 8 sentences - [ale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ale/) — A kind of beer, often darker or stronger, made with malted barley. — 9 sentences - [alert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alert/) — Watching and listening carefully, awake and ready to notice danger or act quickly. — 13 sentences - [alertness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alertness/) — Alertness is being awake, watchful and ready to notice and react quickly. — 7 sentences - [alexander](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/) — Alexander is a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and Sandy. — 10 sentences - [alexia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexia/) — A loss of the ability to read, usually after damage to the brain, for example from a stroke, in someone who could read before. — 8 sentences - [alga](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alga/) — An alga is a single simple plant-like living thing that grows in water or damp places and makes food from sunlight; it has no roots, stems… — 10 sentences - [algae](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/algae/) — Simple plant-like living things, usually green, brown or red, that grow in water or damp places and make their own food from sunlight. — 10 sentences - [algebra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/algebra/) — Algebra is the part of maths that uses letters and symbols, such as x or n, to stand for numbers that are unknown or that can change. — 10 sentences - [algonquian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/algonquian/) — A large family of Native American and First Nations languages of North America, including Cree, Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq and Blackfoot. — 8 sentences - [algorithm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/algorithm/) — An algorithm is a list of clear, step-by-step instructions for solving a problem or doing a task. — 8 sentences - [alhamdulillah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alhamdulillah/) — A phrase meaning «praise be to God» or «thanks be to God», said by Muslims to thank God, for good news and in everyday life. It is not an… — 9 sentences - [alibi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alibi/) — An alibi is proof that a person was somewhere else when a crime happened, so they could not have done it. — 8 sentences - [alien](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/) — A creature from another planet, in stories and films. — 10 sentences - [alight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alight/) — Alight means on fire or burning. — 13 sentences - [align](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/align/) — To put things in a straight line or in the right position next to each other. — 8 sentences - [alignment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alignment/) — Arrangement in a straight line or in the right position: «the alignment of the wheels». — 10 sentences - [alike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alike/) — Alike means very similar, looking or being almost the same («The twins look alike»). — 12 sentences - [alimentary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alimentary/) — To do with food and digestion. Used mostly in "alimentary canal". — 8 sentences - [alive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alive/) — Alive means living, not dead. — 12 sentences - [alkali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alkali/) — An alkali is a chemical that is the opposite of an acid; it can cancel out an acid. — 11 sentences - [alkaline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alkaline/) — Alkaline describes a substance that is the opposite of an acid: it has a pH above 7, such as soap, baking soda or bleach. — 9 sentences - [all](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/all/) — All means every one, the whole lot, with none left out. — 22 sentences - [allegation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegation/) — An allegation is a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, said without proof yet. — 8 sentences - [allege](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allege/) — To allege something is to say it is true, especially that someone did something wrong, without proving it yet. — 8 sentences - [alleged](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleged/) — Alleged means said to be true, or said to have happened, but not yet proven. — 11 sentences - [allegedly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegedly/) — Allegedly means "people say this is true, but it has not been proved". — 10 sentences - [allegorical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegorical/) — Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things. — 4 sentences - [allegory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allegory/) — An allegory is a story in which people, animals or things stand for ideas, to teach a lesson about life. — 4 sentences - [allergen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allergen/) — An allergen is a substance that causes an allergic reaction in some people, such as pollen, peanuts, dust mites, pet fur or bee stings. — 7 sentences - [allergic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allergic/) — If you are allergic to something, your body reacts badly to it, with sneezing, a rash, swelling or worse, though it is harmless to most pe… — 9 sentences - [allergy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allergy/) — An allergy is when your body reacts badly to something that is harmless for most people, such as nuts, pollen, cats or bee stings. — 10 sentences - [alleviate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleviate/) — To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear. — 7 sentences - [alley](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alley/) — An alley is a narrow lane or path between or behind buildings. — 11 sentences - [alleyway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alleyway/) — A narrow path or lane between or behind buildings. — 7 sentences - [alliance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alliance/) — An alliance is an agreement between countries, groups or people to work together or to help and protect each other. — 9 sentences - [allied](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allied/) — Joined together with others to help each other, especially in a war. — 10 sentences - [alligator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alligator/) — A large reptile with a long body, short legs, a long wide snout and strong jaws with many teeth, which lives in rivers, lakes and swamps i… — 10 sentences - [alliteration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alliteration/) — Alliteration is when several words close together start with the same sound, like «Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers». — 10 sentences - [allocate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocate/) — To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose. — 7 sentences - [allocation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocation/) — Allocation is the act of sharing out or giving out things for a purpose. — 10 sentences - [allocator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allocator/) — A person or thing that shares out or gives out parts of something, such as money, places or jobs. — 9 sentences - [allosaurus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allosaurus/) — A large meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two legs and lived about 150 million years ago, in the Jurassic period, in what is now North A… — 7 sentences - [allot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allot/) — To allot is to give a share or an amount of something to someone, or to set time aside for something. — 8 sentences - [allotment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotment/) — An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. — 8 sentences - [allotted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allotted/) — Allotted means given out as a share for a purpose. — 13 sentences - [allow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allow/) — To let someone do something; to give permission. — 15 sentences - [allowance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allowance/) — An allowance is an amount of money given regularly, for example the money parents give a child each week (US/Canada; UK usually «pocket mo… — 10 sentences - [alloy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/) — An alloy is a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal with another element, to make it stronger or better. — 9 sentences - [allude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allude/) — To allude to something is to mention it briefly or indirectly, without saying it outright. — 4 sentences - [allusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/allusion/) — An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the… — 4 sentences - [ally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ally/) — A person, group or country that agrees to help and support you, especially against someone else. — 9 sentences - [almanac](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almanac/) — A book published every year with a calendar and facts like sunrise times, tides, the moon's phases and weather predictions. — 8 sentences - [almighty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almighty/) — Almighty means having all power, so strong that nothing can stop it. — 7 sentences - [almond](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almond/) — An oval nut with a brown skin, from the almond tree, eaten raw, roasted or used in baking. — 9 sentences - [almost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almost/) — Almost means very nearly but not completely: «It is almost ten o'clock». — 11 sentences - [alms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/) — Alms is money or food given to poor people. — 6 sentences - [almsgiving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/almsgiving/) — Giving money, food or help to poor people, especially as a religious duty. — 9 sentences - [aloes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloes/) — Aloes is a plant with thick, spiky leaves. — 6 sentences - [aloft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/) — Up in the air or high above the ground: the kite stayed aloft for an hour. — 10 sentences - [alone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alone/) — Alone means without anyone else: if you are alone, nobody is with you. — 15 sentences - [along](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/along/) — Along means following the length of something, like walking along a road. — 15 sentences - [alongside](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alongside/) — Alongside means next to, beside or along the side of something. — 10 sentences - [aloof](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloof/) — Aloof means unfriendly and distant, keeping away from other people and not joining in. — 9 sentences - [aloud](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloud/) — Aloud means in a voice that other people can hear, not silently: read aloud. — 9 sentences - [alp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alp/) — The great range of high mountains in Europe, across France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and others. — 9 sentences - [alpaca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alpaca/) — An alpaca is a South American animal like a small llama, with a long neck and very soft, thick wool. — 8 sentences - [alpha](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alpha/) — Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, written Α or α. — 12 sentences - [alphabet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabet/) — The alphabet is the set of letters used to write a language, put in a fixed order. — 11 sentences - [alphabetical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/) — Arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet, A to Z. — 7 sentences - [alphabetically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetically/) — In the order of the letters of the alphabet, from A to Z. — 7 sentences - [alpine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alpine/) — To do with high mountains, especially the Alps in Europe. — 11 sentences - [already](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/already/) — Already means before now, or before a certain time. — 13 sentences - [alright](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alright/) — Fine, safe, not hurt or not ill. — 13 sentences - [also](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/also/) — Also means too, or as well, adding one more thing. — 14 sentences - [altar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altar/) — An altar is a holy table at the front of a church where the priest or minister prepares communion (the bread and wine). — 10 sentences - [alter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alter/) — To alter something is to change it, usually a little. — 11 sentences - [alteration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alteration/) — An alteration is a change made to something. — 9 sentences - [altercation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/altercation/) — An altercation is a noisy argument or small fight between people, usually in public. — 9 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** [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/)