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# artificially

«artificially» in Mova's school dictionary: **made or done by people, not by nature** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (artificially)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Artificially means made or done by people, not by nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#m1)

2) Artificially can mean in a way that is not real or natural, or that is forced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in food labels («artificially coloured», «artificially sweetened»), science (artificially grown crystals), and economics and news («prices kept artificially low»).

### examples

- The sweets are artificially coloured. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x1)
- This drink is artificially sweetened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x2)
- The lake was made artificially by building a dam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x3)
- The diamonds were grown artificially in a lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x4)
- The flowers are lit artificially in the greenhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x5)
- Prices were kept artificially low by the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x6)
- Her smile looked artificially bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x7)
- For the griffin had been artificially made by the King-enchanter, and the two halves had never really got used to each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificially/#x8)

### note

From «artificial». Opposite: «naturally». «Artificial» does not always mean bad or harmful; it just means made by people. AI stands for «artificial intelligence».

### Trees and pragmatics

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