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# arcade

«arcade» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place with games you play using coins or tokens** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (arcade, arcades)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An arcade is a place with games you play using coins or tokens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#m1)

2) An arcade is a covered passage with shops along it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#m2)

3) In buildings, an arcade is a row of arches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a place in the story; problems count tokens, tickets, games and prizes; phrases «arcade game», «shopping arcade», «penny arcade»

### examples

- He won 50 tickets at the arcade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x1)
- Each arcade game costs 2 tokens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x2)
- She spent 12 dollars at the arcade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x3)
- They traded 30 tickets for a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x4)
- We played air hockey at the arcade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x5)
- The shopping arcade has a bookshop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x6)
- Old arcade games are fun to play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x7)
- The arcade was full of flashing lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x8)
- She saved her tickets for a big teddy bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x9)
- The church has a long stone arcade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x10)
- The lazzarone sleeps under the arcade, whose pavement in old times was to be trodden only by the feet of high nobility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arcade/#x11)

### note

No clue by itself; look for tokens per game or tickets won and spent. Trap: tokens, tickets and dollars are different units; change one to another before adding.

### Trees and pragmatics

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