--- title: N — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics description: The 341 words of the school dictionary under N, 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/N/) [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/) / N # N — The school dictionary The words of the school dictionary under N: 341 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/N/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/4/) - [na](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/na/) — «Na» means «no» or «not»: «I'm na going». — 16 sentences - [naan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naan/) — Naan is a soft, flat bread, often shaped like a teardrop, baked in a hot oven, eaten with curry in Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian… — 7 sentences - [nag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nag/) — To keep asking or telling someone to do something in an annoying way. — 13 sentences - [nagging](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nagging/) — Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way. — 10 sentences - [nahuatl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nahuatl/) — Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs, still spoken today by over a million people in Mexico. — 7 sentences - [nail](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nail/) — A nail is a thin, pointed piece of metal you hit with a hammer to join pieces of wood. — 12 sentences - [naira](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naira/) — The money of Nigeria; one naira is divided into 100 kobo. Its sign is ₦. — 9 sentences - [naked](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naked/) — Without any clothes on. — 13 sentences - [name](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/name/) — A name is the word we call a person, pet, place or thing. — 12 sentences - [nameless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/) — Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known. — 10 sentences - [namely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/namely/) — Namely is used to say exactly who or what you mean, often to give a list or a name. — 10 sentences - [namesake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/namesake/) — A person or thing that has the same name as another. — 9 sentences - [nan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nan/) — Grandmother; a child's name for their grandma. — 11 sentences - [nanna](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nanna/) — Grandmother; a child's name for their gran. — 10 sentences - [nanny](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nanny/) — A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home. — 10 sentences - [nanometre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nanometre/) — A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m). Symbol: nm. — 9 sentences - [nap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nap/) — A nap is a short sleep in the day. — 11 sentences - [napkin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napkin/) — A napkin is a square piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and fingers and keep your clothes clean. — 10 sentences - [napoleon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napoleon/) — Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated at the Batt… — 10 sentences - [napping](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/napping/) — Napping means sleeping for a short time, especially during the day. — 9 sentences - [nappy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nappy/) — A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo. — 7 sentences - [nara](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/) — Nara is a city in Japan that was once the capital; it is famous for its old temples and the tame deer that walk freely in Nara Park and bo… — 12 sentences - [narc](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narc/) — A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs. — 10 sentences - [narcissus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narcissus/) — A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil. — 4 sentences - [narrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrate/) — To tell a story, describing what happens in order. — 10 sentences - [narration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narration/) — The telling of a story, especially by a narrator. — 10 sentences - [narrative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrative/) — A story, or a description of events in order. — 10 sentences - [narrator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrator/) — The person or voice who tells the story in a book, poem, film or play. — 9 sentences - [narrow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrow/) — Narrow means not wide; with only a small distance from one side to the other. — 12 sentences - [narrowboat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowboat/) — A long, thin boat made to travel on the narrow canals of Britain, usually about 2 metres wide and up to 22 metres long. — 8 sentences - [narrowly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowly/) — Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. — 5 sentences - [narrowness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narrowness/) — Being narrow; having little width from side to side. — 9 sentences - [narwhal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/narwhal/) — A narwhal is a whale of the Arctic Ocean; the male usually has one very long straight spiral tusk growing from his upper lip, which is rea… — 9 sentences - [nasa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasa/) — NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the space agency of the United States, which sends astronauts, rockets and probes… — 8 sentences - [nasal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasal/) — Nasal means to do with the nose. — 9 sentences - [nasalise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasalise/) — To make a speech sound through the nose, letting air come out of the nose as well as the mouth. — 7 sentences - [nastiness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/) — Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour. — 9 sentences - [nasty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nasty/) — Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste or feel: «a nasty smell». — 10 sentences - [natal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natal/) — To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home». — 8 sentences - [natation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natation/) — Natation is the act or art of swimming. — 8 sentences - [nation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nation/) — A country, with its people, land and government. — 10 sentences - [national](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/national/) — Belonging to, about, or shared by a whole nation or country, not just one part of it: a national holiday, the national anthem, a national… — 12 sentences - [nationalist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationalist/) — noun. — 11 sentences - [nationality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationality/) — The legal right of belonging to a particular country; being a citizen: her nationality is Irish. — 10 sentences - [nationwide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nationwide/) — Nationwide means happening or existing in every part of a country. — 8 sentences - [native](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/native/) — Belonging to a place since long ago, naturally — not brought in from somewhere else (native plants, native animals). — 13 sentences - [nativity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nativity/) — The Nativity is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, as told in the Gospels; Christians celebrate it at Christmas. — 10 sentences - [nato](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nato/) — NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance of countries in North America and Europe, including the USA, Canada, t… — 10 sentences - [natterjack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natterjack/) — A small toad of Europe, including Britain and Ireland, with a yellow stripe down its back, that runs rather than hops and has a very loud… — 7 sentences - [natural](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/) — Natural means made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural rock or natural light. — 13 sentences - [naturalist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naturalist/) — A naturalist is a person who studies plants, animals and nature, often by watching them carefully in the wild. — 10 sentences - [naturally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naturally/) — In a natural way, without people making or changing it: «naturally sweet». — 12 sentences - [nature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nature/) — Nature is everything in the world not made by people: plants, animals, rocks, rivers, the sky and the weather. — 12 sentences - [naught](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naught/) — Nothing. — 12 sentences - [naughtiness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naughtiness/) — Naughtiness is bad behaviour, especially by children, such as not doing what you are told or being cheeky. — 7 sentences - [naughty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naughty/) — Naughty describes a child or pet that behaves badly or does not obey. — 10 sentences - [nausea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nausea/) — The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit). — 9 sentences - [nauseating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nauseating/) — Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit. — 9 sentences - [nautical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nautical/) — To do with ships, sailing or sailors. — 10 sentences - [nautilus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nautilus/) — A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers. — 9 sentences - [navajo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navajo/) — A Native American people of the south-western USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah), who call themselves the Diné. — 10 sentences - [naval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/naval/) — Naval means to do with a navy, warships or sailors in the armed forces: a naval officer, a naval battle. — 8 sentences - [navel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navel/) — The small hollow or bump in the middle of your tummy, left where the umbilical cord was joined before you were born; your belly button. — 9 sentences - [navigate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigate/) — To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS. — 13 sentences - [navigation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigation/) — The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air. — 12 sentences - [navigator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navigator/) — A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go. — 10 sentences - [navy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/) — A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines. — 9 sentences - [nay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nay/) — Nay means «no». — 10 sentences - [nazi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nazi/) — A member of the political party led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany before and during World War Two; it believed some people were bette… — 10 sentences - [nd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nd/) — -nd: the letters written after a number that ends in 2 (except 12) to make an ordinal number: 2nd = second, 22nd = twenty-second, 102nd. — 11 sentences - [ne](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ne/) — «Ne» is the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; the word goes before the verb and «pas» goes af… — 11 sentences - [neanderthal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neanderthal/) — A Neanderthal was a kind of early human who lived in Europe and western Asia from about 400,000 to about 40,000 years ago and then died out. — 9 sentences - [neap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neap/) — A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull at r… — 7 sentences - [near](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/near/) — Near means close, not far away. The shop is near my house. — 14 sentences - [nearby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearby/) — Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place. — 12 sentences - [nearly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearly/) — Nearly means almost, but not completely. — 11 sentences - [nearness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nearness/) — Being close in distance. — 11 sentences - [neat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neat/) — Tidy and in good order: «a neat bedroom». — 13 sentences - [neatly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatly/) — Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order. — 11 sentences - [neatness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neatness/) — Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged. — 8 sentences - [nebula](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nebula/) — A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space. — 8 sentences - [necessarily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necessarily/) — Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case. — 11 sentences - [necessary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necessary/) — Needed; something you must have or must do. — 10 sentences - [necessitate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necessitate/) — To necessitate something is to make it necessary or needed. — 10 sentences - [necessity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necessity/) — Something that you need and cannot do without: water is a necessity. — 12 sentences - [neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neck/) — The neck is the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders. — 12 sentences - [neckerchief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neckerchief/) — A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf. — 3 sentences - [necklace](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necklace/) — A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads. — 11 sentences - [necktie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/necktie/) — A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front; a tie. — 7 sentences - [nectar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nectar/) — The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink. — 9 sentences - [nee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nee/) — Née (often written nee) is used before a woman's family name from birth, to show what her surname was before she married: «Mrs Jane Smith,… — 7 sentences - [need](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/need/) — To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it. — 22 sentences - [needful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needful/) — Needed or necessary. — 11 sentences - [needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/) — A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing. — 14 sentences - [needless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needless/) — Not necessary, and often causing harm or waste that could have been avoided: «needless suffering». — 9 sentences - [needlework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needlework/) — Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread. — 3 sentences - [needy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needy/) — Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need. — 9 sentences - [negate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negate/) — To negate something is to cancel it out or make it have no effect. — 9 sentences - [negation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negation/) — Saying «no» or «not»; making a sentence mean the opposite by adding a word like not, never or no. — 9 sentences - [negative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/negative/) — A negative number is less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign. — 17 sentences **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/page/4/) - ← previous: [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) - next →: [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/) - ↑ back to [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/)