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# admirable

«admirable» in Mova's school dictionary: **deserving praise and respect; very good** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (admirable, more admirable, most admirable)

### meaning for a pupil

Admirable means deserving praise and respect; very good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and stories it describes good qualities and actions such as honesty, courage and kindness. In school reports it praises effort. Phrases: an admirable effort, admirable courage, quite admirable.

### examples

- It was admirable that she told the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x1)
- Firefighters show admirable courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x2)
- The team made an admirable effort despite losing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x3)
- His patience with his little brother is admirable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x4)
- Admirable qualities include kindness and honesty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x5)
- The speech was admirable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admirable/#x6)

### note

Adverb: admirably. Verb: admire. Stress: AD-mir-a-ble (not ad-MIRE-able). Spelling: -able.

### Trees and pragmatics

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