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# anthem

«anthem» in Mova's school dictionary: **a song that is special to a country or group, often sung…** — 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 (an anthem, anthems)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An anthem is a song that is special to a country or group, often sung at big events; a national anthem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#m1)

2) An anthem is a religious song sung in church, often by a choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#m2)

3) An anthem can be a popular song that a lot of people love and sing together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and music lessons, children learn their national anthem, like «God Save the King» in the UK, «The Star-Spangled Banner» in the USA, «O Canada», «Advance Australia Fair» and «God Defend New Zealand». People usually stand when the national anthem is played at sports matches and ceremonies. Phrases: «national anthem», «stand for the anthem».

### examples

- We stood up for the national anthem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x1)
- The team sang the anthem before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x2)
- «O Canada» is Canada's national anthem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x3)
- The choir sang an anthem in church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x4)
- Each country has its own anthem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x5)
- That song became an anthem for our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x6)
- The band played the anthem at the ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x7)
- Can you sing the first line of your national anthem? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anthem/#x8)

### note

Countable: an anthem (starts with a vowel, so «an»). Spelling: anthem with «th». A national anthem is different from a flag or motto, though all are national symbols.

### In the corpora

- [When the national anthem is played, you stand still and quiet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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