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# alexander

«alexander» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and…** — 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

proper noun (Alexander — a boy's name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Alexander is a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and Sandy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#m1)

2) Alexander the Great was a famous king of ancient Macedonia who built a huge empire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#m2)

3) Alexander is also a family name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and maths word problems Alexander is just a character's name; it tells nothing about the numbers. In history lessons pupils may learn about Alexander the Great and the city of Alexandria in Egypt, named after him.

### examples

- Alexander has three more stickers than Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x1)
- My friend Alexander likes to be called Alex. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x2)
- Alexander the Great led his army as far as India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x3)
- Alexander scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x4)
- The city of Alexandria is named after Alexander. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x5)
- Alexander shared 12 sweets equally with his sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x6)
- After that, Alexander and Bucephalus were the best of friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alexander/#x7)

### note

A name, so always written with a capital A. The girl's form is Alexandra. In word problems, treat it as a person: «he», «his».

### In the corpora

- [Then Alexander the Great carried Greek ideas from Egypt to India.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/6/)
- [Uranus's moons are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, such as Miranda, Titania and Oberon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/14-uranus-and-neptune/11/)
- [Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, in 1928.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/17/)
- [Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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