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# magnificent

«magnificent» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very beautiful, grand and impressive** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (magnificent, more magnificent, most magnificent); adverb: magnificently

### meaning for a pupil

1) Magnificent means very beautiful, grand and impressive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#m1)

2) (informal) Magnificent means extremely good or excellent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history it describes palaces, cathedrals, views and costumes; Suleiman the Magnificent was a great Ottoman sultan. In everyday talk people say «You were magnificent!» after a performance or a match. Phrases: «a magnificent view», «look magnificent», «simply magnificent».

### examples

- The view from the top of the mountain was magnificent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x1)
- The peacock spread its magnificent tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x2)
- «You were magnificent in the play!» said Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x3)
- The castle had a magnificent hall with a painted ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x4)
- The goalkeeper made a magnificent save. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x5)
- The cathedral is a magnificent building from the 1300s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x6)
- Suleiman the Magnificent ruled a huge empire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x7)
- That is a magnificent suit of clothes!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/#x8)

### note

Spelling: mag-ni-fi-cent, ending «-cent» not «-sent». Noun «magnificence». It is already very strong, so «very magnificent» sounds odd.

### In the corpora

- [Toad: «What carts I shall fling carelessly into the ditch in the wake of my magnificent onset!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «magnificent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/magnificent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.