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# admiral

«admiral» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very high-ranking officer in a navy who commands many…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an admiral, admirals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An admiral is a very high-ranking officer in a navy who commands many ships (a fleet). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#m1)

2) A red admiral is a black butterfly with red bands and white spots on its wings, common in gardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, admirals lead navies in battles: Admiral Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar and has a column in Trafalgar Square in London. In science lessons and garden surveys, the red admiral is a butterfly pupils spot on buddleia and nettles (its caterpillars eat nettles). Phrases: «Admiral Nelson», «rear admiral», «vice admiral», «red admiral», «white admiral».

### examples

- Admiral Nelson stands on top of a tall column in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x1)
- The admiral gave orders to the whole fleet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x2)
- A red admiral landed on the buddleia bush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x3)
- Red admiral caterpillars feed on stinging nettles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x4)
- She joined the navy and dreamed of becoming an admiral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x5)
- The admiral's flag flew from the biggest ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiral/#x6)

### note

Use «an»: «an admiral». Capital A before a name: «Admiral Nelson». Ranks: rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral, admiral of the fleet. Do not confuse with «admire» or «admirable», which are about liking or respecting someone.

### In the corpora

- [Butterflies and flies taste with their feet, so a red admiral landing on a rotting plum is tasting it as it lands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/1/)
- [Then you spot black spiky caterpillars on those same nettles, the babies of peacock and red admiral butterflies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/340-weeds-and-wildflowers-dandelions-nettles-daisies-clover-and-plantain/3/)
- [From 1405 to 1433 the Chinese admiral Zheng He led huge fleets across the Indian Ocean as far as East Africa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/8/)
- [Admiral Zheng He sailed seven great voyages with hundreds of ships to India, Arabia and East Africa, long before Columbus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/56-china-the-ming-and-zheng-he-s-voyages/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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