--- title: E — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 761 words of the school dictionary under E, 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/E/) [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/) / E # E — The school dictionary The words of the school dictionary under E: 761 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/) **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/8/) - [each](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/each/) — Each means every single one of a group, taken one by one: each child got a pencil. — 20 sentences - [eager](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eager/) — Wanting very much to do or have something; keen and excited. — 10 sentences - [eagerly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/) — In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. — 9 sentences - [eagerness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerness/) — A strong wish to do or have something, full of energy and interest. — 10 sentences - [eagle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagle/) — An eagle is a large, strong bird of prey with a hooked beak, sharp claws (talons) and excellent eyesight. — 10 sentences - [eaglet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eaglet/) — A young eagle, still a baby or chick. — 9 sentences - [ear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ear/) — One of the two parts on the sides of the head that you hear with. — 14 sentences - [earache](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earache/) — Earache is a pain inside your ear. — 10 sentences - [eardrum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eardrum/) — A thin, tight piece of skin inside the ear that shakes (vibrates) when sound reaches it, so that we can hear. — 10 sentences - [earl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earl/) — A British nobleman of high rank, below a marquess and above a viscount. — 9 sentences - [earlier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earlier/) — Earlier means at a time before now or before another time. — 12 sentences - [earliest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earliest/) — Earliest is the superlative of «early»: the first one in time, or the one that comes before all the others. — 12 sentences - [earlobe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earlobe/) — An earlobe is the soft, round part at the bottom of the outside of your ear. — 8 sentences - [early](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/early/) — Before the usual or expected time: «The bus came early». — 12 sentences - [earmark](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earmark/) — To set money or something aside for a special purpose. — 11 sentences - [earmarks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earmarks/) — money in a budget set aside for a politician's favourite local projects, often criticised as waste. — 9 sentences - [earmuff](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earmuff/) — A soft, warm cover for one ear; usually a pair of these joined by a band over the head, called earmuffs. — 8 sentences - [earn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earn/) — To earn means to get money because you did work. — 12 sentences - [earnestly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnestly/) — In a serious and sincere way, really meaning what you say or do. — 9 sentences - [earnestness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnestness/) — Earnestness is being serious and sincere, meaning what you say and do. — 4 sentences - [earnings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earnings/) — The money a person gets for working: wages or salary. — 10 sentences - [earpiece](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/) — The part of a phone, headphones or other device that you hold to or put in your ear to hear sound. — 9 sentences - [earplug](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earplug/) — A small soft piece of foam, wax or rubber you put in your ear to keep out noise or water. — 7 sentences - [earring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/) — An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. — 8 sentences - [earth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earth/) — The planet we live on, the third planet from the Sun (often written Earth). — 12 sentences - [earthen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthen/) — Earthen means made of baked clay or earth. — 4 sentences - [earthenware](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthenware/) — Earthenware is pots, dishes and jars made of baked clay, usually thick and not very shiny. — 4 sentences - [earthly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthly/) — Of this world and this life, not of heaven. — 12 sentences - [earthquake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthquake/) — An earthquake is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of the rocks deep inside the Earth. — 9 sentences - [earthworm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthworm/) — A long, soft, pink-brown worm without legs that lives in soil and eats dead leaves and bits of plants. — 8 sentences - [earthy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earthy/) — Earthy means made of or tasting of soil, dirt or the ground. — 6 sentences - [earwax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earwax/) — Earwax is the soft yellow or brown waxy stuff that the body makes inside the ear canal. — 8 sentences - [earwig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earwig/) — A small brown insect with a long body and a pair of pincers at its tail end. — 9 sentences - [ease](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ease/) — Ease means with no difficulty: doing something easily. — 12 sentences - [easily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easily/) — Easily means without difficulty: «She solved it easily». — 12 sentences - [east](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/east/) — East is the direction where the sun comes up in the morning. — 11 sentences - [easterly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/) — Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction. — 9 sentences - [eastern](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/) — Eastern means in, from or towards the east: eastern Canada, the eastern sky. — 9 sentences - [eastward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastward/) — Towards the east. — 10 sentences - [easy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easy/) — Easy means not difficult, simple to do or understand. — 12 sentences - [eat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eat/) — To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it. — 14 sentences - [eater](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/) — A person or animal that eats, often described by how or what it eats: «a fussy eater», «a big eater». — 11 sentences - [eaves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eaves/) — The lower edges of a roof that stick out beyond the walls of a house. — 8 sentences - [ebb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/) — To ebb is to flow back out, as the sea goes away from the shore. — 7 sentences - [ebbing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebbing/) — Ebbing means going back out, getting less. — 5 sentences - [ebony](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebony/) — Ebony is a very hard, dark black wood. — 5 sentences - [eccentric](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/) — An eccentric person behaves in an unusual, strange but usually harmless way. — 10 sentences - [ecclesiastic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecclesiastic/) — An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk. — 5 sentences - [ecclesiastical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecclesiastical/) — Connected with the Christian church or its clergy (priests, ministers, bishops): «ecclesiastical buildings», «ecclesiastical law». — 7 sentences - [ecg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecg/) — Short for electrocardiogram: a medical test that records the electrical signals of the heart as a wavy line. — 8 sentences - [echidna](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/echidna/) — An echidna is a small spiny animal from Australia and New Guinea that eats ants and termites with a long sticky tongue. — 11 sentences - [echo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/echo/) — An echo is a sound you hear again because it bounces back off a hard surface, like a cliff, a wall or the inside of a cave. — 13 sentences - [echolocation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/echolocation/) — Echolocation is a way some animals find things by making sounds and listening for the echoes that bounce back. — 9 sentences - [eclipse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eclipse/) — A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the Sun's light. — 12 sentences - [ecological](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecological/) — Ecological means to do with ecology, the study of how living things live together and depend on each other and on their surroundings. — 8 sentences - [economic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/) — To do with money, trade, jobs and business in a country or area: economic growth. — 8 sentences - [economical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/) — Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste. — 10 sentences - [economically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/) — Economically means in a way that is about money, trade, jobs and business. — 9 sentences - [economics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economics/) — The study of how people, businesses and countries make, buy, sell and use money, goods and services. — 9 sentences - [economise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economise/) — To economise is to spend less money or use less of something so that you save. — 8 sentences - [economist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/) — A person who studies or is an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and trade work. — 7 sentences - [economy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economy/) — The system of how money, work, goods and services are made, bought and sold in a country or area. — 10 sentences - [ecosystem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecosystem/) — An ecosystem is all the living things in one place — plants, animals, fungi and tiny germs — together with the non-living things around th… — 10 sentences - [ecstasy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecstasy/) — Ecstasy is a very great feeling of joy or delight. — 5 sentences - [ecumenism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/) — The movement or effort to bring different Christian churches together, so they understand each other, pray together and work together. — 8 sentences - [eczema](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eczema/) — Eczema is a common skin condition that makes patches of skin dry, red, cracked and very itchy. — 10 sentences - [ed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ed/) — «Ed» is short for education: «PE» is physical education, «sex ed» means sex education, «special ed» special education (informal, US). — 12 sentences - [eddy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/) — An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow. — 5 sentences - [edelweiss](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edelweiss/) — A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Au… — 7 sentences - [eden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eden/) — The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the… — 9 sentences - [edge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edge/) — An edge is the outside line or end of something, like the edge of a table or a cliff. — 15 sentences - [edgewise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/) — Edgewise means with the edge facing forward, sideways on. — 5 sentences - [edgy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgy/) — Nervous, tense and easily annoyed. — 9 sentences - [edible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edible/) — Edible means safe and good to eat. — 9 sentences - [edict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edict/) — An official order or rule given by a king, emperor, government or other ruler. — 9 sentences - [edifice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edifice/) — An edifice is a large, grand or impressive building. — 9 sentences - [edit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edit/) — To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words. — 11 sentences - [edited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edited/) — Edited is the past form of «edit»: someone checked and changed a piece of writing, a photo or a film to make it better. — 8 sentences - [edition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edition/) — An edition is one version of a book, newspaper or magazine printed at one time, like a first edition. — 8 sentences - [editor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editor/) — An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. — 11 sentences - [editorial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/editorial/) — An editorial is an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinion of the editors, not just the news. — 8 sentences - [edmontosaurus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edmontosaurus/) — A large plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaur) that lived in North America near the end of the age of dinosaurs, about 68 to 66 m… — 8 sentences - [edo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edo/) — Edo is the old name of the city of Tokyo in Japan, before 1868. — 9 sentences - [educate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/) — To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university. — 10 sentences - [educated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educated/) — Educated describes a person who has learned a lot, especially at school, college or university. — 10 sentences - [education](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/) — Education is the teaching and learning that happens at school, college and university. — 9 sentences - [educational](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/) — Educational means teaching you something or helping you learn. — 8 sentences - [educator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educator/) — A person whose job is to teach or educate people, like a teacher, tutor or lecturer. — 8 sentences - [edwardian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/) — Belonging to the time when Edward VII was king of the United Kingdom, from 1901 to 1910 (often stretched to 1914, before the First World W… — 9 sentences - [ee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ee/) — «Ee!» is a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's cold!»; also «ee by gum». — 10 sentences - [eeg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eeg/) — Short for electroencephalogram: a medical test that records the electrical activity of the brain as wavy lines. — 8 sentences - [eel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eel/) — An eel is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake and has slippery skin. — 8 sentences - [eerie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eerie/) — Eerie means strange and frightening in a quiet, mysterious way, making you feel uneasy. — 10 sentences - [eff](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eff/) — «Eff» is a polite way of saying a very rude swear word starting with F without saying it fully. — 9 sentences - [effect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effect/) — An effect is a change or result caused by something. — 15 sentences - [effective](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effective/) — Something effective works well and gives the result you want. — 12 sentences - [effectively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effectively/) — Effectively means in a way that works well and gets the result you want. — 10 sentences - [effectiveness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effectiveness/) — Effectiveness is how well something works or does the job it is meant to do. — 9 sentences - [effects](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effects/) — Changes or results that happen because of something. — 12 sentences - [effervescence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effervescence/) — The bubbles of gas that rise in a liquid, as in fizzy drinks or when a tablet dissolves. — 8 sentences **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/page/8/) - 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