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# abject

«abject» in Mova's school dictionary: **very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (abject, more abject, most abject)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Abject means very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope or comfort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#m1)

2) Abject can also describe fear or apology that is total and humble, as if you have no pride left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a beggar or a prisoner in misery, or a frightened servant who grovels before a master

### examples

- The beggar lived in abject poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x1)
- The soldier fled in abject fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x2)
- He made an abject apology to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x3)
- The prisoners lived in abject misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abject/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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