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# absurd

«absurd» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very silly and not making sense; ridiculous** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (absurd, more absurd, most absurd)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very silly and not making sense; ridiculous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#m1)

2) So unreasonable it is laughable: «an absurd price». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is full of the absurd: a cat that grins and vanishes, a tea party where it is always six o'clock, a trial where the verdict comes before the evidence. In maths, a question may have an absurd answer (like −3 people or 2.5 buses), which tells you to check your working. Phrases: «that's absurd», «utterly absurd», «the absurd».

### examples

- It's absurd to wear a coat in this heat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x1)
- The Mad Hatter's riddle had an absurd answer – or none at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x2)
- The price of the toy was absurd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x3)
- Alice thought the whole trial was absurd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x4)
- An answer of 2.5 buses is absurd – we need 3 buses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x5)
- His excuse was so absurd that everyone laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x6)
- "What an absurd idea," said the hen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/absurd/#x7)

### note

Said «ab-SURD» or «ab-ZURD». Noun: absurdity. Adverb: absurdly. Maths: an absurd answer is a sign to check your working again.

### Trees and pragmatics

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