--- title: A — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 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/8/) [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 8 [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** [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/) - [anyhow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anyhow/) — Anyway; used to go back to the main point or to say something is true whatever happened: «Anyhow, we got home safely.». — 12 sentences - [anymore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anymore/) — Anymore means now, as before but no longer, used with not or no. — 13 sentences - [anyway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anyway/) — Anyway means even so; in spite of something: «It was raining, but we went anyway». — 11 sentences - [anywhere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anywhere/) — Anywhere means in, at or to any place. — 10 sentences - [anzac](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anzac/) — A soldier of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First World War; the name is made from the first letters (A-N-Z-A-C). — 9 sentences - [apart](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apart/) — Apart means away from each other, with space between. — 16 sentences - [apartheid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apartheid/) — Apartheid was a system of laws in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s that kept people apart by race and gave white people power and… — 9 sentences - [apartment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apartment/) — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building. — 9 sentences - [apatosaurus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apatosaurus/) — An apatosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail, which lived in North America about 150 million years… — 7 sentences - [ape](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ape/) — An ape is a large primate with no tail, such as a gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan or gibbon. — 11 sentences - [aperture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aperture/) — An opening, hole or gap. — 9 sentences - [apex](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/) — The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a triangle. — 9 sentences - [aphid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/) — An aphid is a very small insect, often green or black, that sucks the sap (juice) from plants. — 8 sentences - [apiece](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apiece/) — Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece». — 12 sentences - [apologetic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/) — Showing that you are sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble. — 4 sentences - [apologise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologise/) — To say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for something that upset or hurt someone. — 10 sentences - [apology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apology/) — Words that say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for hurting someone. — 10 sentences - [apoplexy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apoplexy/) — A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse. — 4 sentences - [apostle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apostle/) — An apostle is one of the twelve men Jesus chose to be his closest followers and send out to spread his teaching, such as Peter, James and… — 8 sentences - [apostrophe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apostrophe/) — An apostrophe is a punctuation mark (') used to show that letters are missing in a shortened word: «don't» means «do not». — 10 sentences - [apothecary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apothecary/) — An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines, like a chemist or pharmacist today. — 8 sentences - [apotheosis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apotheosis/) — The moment a person is raised to be a god or made as high as possible. — 4 sentences - [app](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/) — An app is a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a map or a calculator. It is short for «application». — 10 sentences - [appalachian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalachian/) — Appalachian means to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old mountain range in eastern North America, from Canada down to Alabama i… — 10 sentences - [appalled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalled/) — Shocked and upset, feeling strong dislike or fear at something bad. — 4 sentences - [appalling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appalling/) — Very shocking and unpleasant. — 9 sentences - [apparatus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparatus/) — The equipment, tools or machines used for a particular job, especially in science experiments: set up the apparatus. — 10 sentences - [apparel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/) — Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel». — 9 sentences - [apparent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparent/) — Easy to see or understand; clear, obvious. — 9 sentences - [apparently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparently/) — According to what you have heard or read, though you are not sure it is true. — 9 sentences - [apparition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparition/) — An apparition is a ghost or a strange figure that appears suddenly, especially one people think is a spirit. — 10 sentences - [appeal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appeal/) — To appeal for something is to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for help. — 13 sentences - [appear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appear/) — To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared. — 13 sentences - [appearance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appearance/) — Your appearance is how you look from the outside, like your hair, face and clothes. — 13 sentences - [appease](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appease/) — To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want. — 10 sentences - [appellation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appellation/) — A name or title given to someone or something. — 9 sentences - [append](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/append/) — To add something to the end of a document, list or piece of writing. — 9 sentences - [appendage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendage/) — An appendage is a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an arm, leg, tail, antenna or fin. — 9 sentences - [appendicitis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendicitis/) — An illness in which the appendix (a small tube joined to the large intestine) becomes swollen and painful, usually needing an operation. — 7 sentences - [appendix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appendix/) — The appendix is a small tube-shaped organ attached to the large intestine, inside your tummy on the lower right side. — 9 sentences - [appetite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appetite/) — The feeling of wanting to eat food. — 9 sentences - [applaud](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applaud/) — To applaud is to clap your hands to show that you liked a show, a speech or a performance. — 9 sentences - [applause](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applause/) — Applause is the sound of people clapping their hands to show they enjoyed something or agree. — 9 sentences - [apple](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/) — An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. — 13 sentences - [appliance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appliance/) — An appliance is a machine or device used at home to do a job, like a fridge, washing machine, toaster or kettle. — 9 sentences - [applicability](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicability/) — How far something can be used for or fits a particular case or situation. — 7 sentences - [applicable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicable/) — Applicable means relevant or able to be used in a particular case; it applies. — 8 sentences - [applicant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/) — An applicant is a person who asks in writing or by a form to get something, such as a job, a place at a school, a passport or a loan. — 8 sentences - [application](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/application/) — An application is a written request for something, like a job, a place at a school or a passport. — 13 sentences - [applied](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applied/) — Applied is the past form of «apply»: she applied for a job, he applied sun cream, the rule applied to everyone. — 10 sentences - [apply](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/) — To apply means to put something on a surface, like cream on skin or glue on paper. — 13 sentences - [appoint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appoint/) — To appoint someone is to choose them officially for a job or role. — 9 sentences - [appointed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointed/) — Appointed means chosen officially for a job or role. — 10 sentences - [appointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/) — An appointment is an agreed time to meet someone, especially a doctor, dentist or hairdresser. — 13 sentences - [apportion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportion/) — To apportion something is to divide it and share it out among people. — 8 sentences - [apportioned](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/) — Shared out or divided among people, often in fair or set parts. — 8 sentences - [apportionment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportionment/) — The act of dividing something and sharing it out in parts, often fairly. — 8 sentences - [appraisal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appraisal/) — An appraisal is a careful judgement of how good, useful or valuable something or someone is. — 10 sentences - [appreciable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciable/) — Large or important enough to be noticed or measured. — 9 sentences - [appreciate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciate/) — To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help». — 12 sentences - [appreciation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciation/) — Thanks or gratitude for something. — 10 sentences - [appreciative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appreciative/) — Showing that you are thankful: an appreciative letter. — 8 sentences - [apprehend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehend/) — To apprehend someone is to catch and arrest them. — 8 sentences - [apprehended](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehended/) — Caught and arrested by police. — 9 sentences - [apprehension](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprehension/) — Apprehension is worry or fear that something bad might happen. — 10 sentences - [apprentice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprentice/) — A young person who learns a trade or skill by working with a skilled worker, usually for a set time and a small wage. — 10 sentences - [apprenticeship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprenticeship/) — A time of training when a young person learns a trade or job by working with a skilled worker, often while being paid a small wage. — 9 sentences - [apprise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apprise/) — To apprise someone of something is to tell them about it or inform them. — 7 sentences - [approach](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approach/) — To approach means to come nearer to someone or something («The train is approaching the platform»). — 13 sentences - [approbation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approbation/) — Approval; saying or showing that you think something is good. — 3 sentences - [appropriate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriate/) — Right or suitable for a particular situation, person or time. — 11 sentences - [appropriately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriately/) — In a way that is right or suitable for the situation. — 9 sentences - [appropriation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appropriation/) — Taking something for yourself, often without permission or without the right to. — 10 sentences - [approval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approval/) — Thinking that someone or something is good or right; liking it. — 9 sentences - [approve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approve/) — To think that something or someone is good, right or acceptable ("approve of"). — 11 sentences - [approved](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approved/) — Officially accepted or allowed. — 9 sentences - [approving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approving/) — Showing that you think something is good or right, like an approving smile or nod. — 10 sentences - [approximate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximate/) — Close to the exact number or amount, but not exactly it. — 10 sentences - [approximately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/) — Close to an exact amount, number or time, but not exactly; about. — 8 sentences - [approximation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximation/) — A value or answer that is close to the exact one but not exactly right. — 8 sentences - [apricot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apricot/) — An apricot is a small, round, soft fruit with orange-yellow skin and a large stone inside. — 9 sentences - [april](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/april/) — April is the fourth month of the year. It has 30 days. — 12 sentences - [apron](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apron/) — An apron is a piece of cloth you tie over the front of your clothes to keep them clean while cooking, painting or working. — 11 sentences - [apt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apt/) — Apt means suitable or just right for the situation. — 10 sentences - [aptitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aptitude/) — A natural ability or talent to do something well or to learn it quickly. — 7 sentences - [aquaplane](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquaplane/) — If a car aquaplanes, its tyres slide on a layer of water on a wet road and lose grip, so the driver cannot steer or brake well. — 8 sentences - [aquarium](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquarium/) — A glass tank filled with water where fish and other water animals and plants are kept, at home or at school. — 9 sentences - [aquatic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aquatic/) — Aquatic means living or growing in water, as in «aquatic plants». — 10 sentences - [aqueduct](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aqueduct/) — An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, either a channel of water or a canal, across a valley or river. — 9 sentences - [ar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ar/) — In parts of northern England and the Midlands, «ar» or «arr» means "yes", and «ar» can also mean "our": «ar kid» (my brother or sister). — 12 sentences - [arab](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arab/) — A person whose people come from the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Morocco. — 11 sentences - [arabesque](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/) — A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern. — 5 sentences - [arabian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabian/) — To do with Arabia, the large peninsula in south-west Asia, or its people. — 9 sentences - [arabic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabic/) — Arabic is the language spoken by many millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa. — 10 sentences - [arachnid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/) — An arachnid is a small animal with eight legs and a body in two main parts, such as a spider, scorpion, tick or mite. Arachnids are not in… — 8 sentences - [arbiter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/) — A person who settles an argument or decides who is right. — 8 sentences - [arbitrarily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/) — Without a real reason or plan, by chance or by a choice that is not fair. — 7 sentences - [arbitrary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrary/) — Arbitrary means chosen by chance or by someone's wish, not for a good reason or rule. — 9 sentences - [arbor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbor/) — An arbor is a shady place in a garden, made of trees, climbing plants or a frame covered with leaves, where people can sit. — 5 sentences - [arbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbour/) — An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit. This is the British spelling of «arbor». — 5 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** [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/)