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# admiration

«admiration» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of liking and respect for someone because they…** — 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

noun (admiration, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling of liking and respect for someone because they are good, brave or skilful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#m1)

2) Pleasure in looking at something beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: characters look at heroes with admiration. In everyday life: admiration for a teacher, a sports star, a parent. Phrases: full of admiration, in admiration, admiration for, win the admiration of.

### examples

- She looked at the painting with admiration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x1)
- I have great admiration for nurses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x2)
- The crowd gasped in admiration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x3)
- His bravery won everyone's admiration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x4)
- The pupils watched the gymnast in admiration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x5)
- My admiration for her grew when she helped the new boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x6)
- Smee had listened with growing admiration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/admiration/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no "an admiration". Verb: admire; adjective: admirable (deserving admiration). Spelling: admire drops the e: admiration.

### In the corpora

- [Copying someone's clothes or style is often a sign of admiration.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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