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# beg

«beg» in Mova's school dictionary: **To ask someone very strongly, again and again, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (beg, begs, begged, begging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ask someone very strongly, again and again, for something you want a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#m1)

2) To ask strangers for money or food because you are poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#m2)

3) Of a dog: to sit up with its front paws raised, hoping for food or a treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children beg parents for a treat or a later bedtime; good manners say ask once politely rather than begging. In stories, a character begs for mercy or begs someone to stay, which shows strong feeling or fear. Phrases: «beg for», «beg someone to do something», «I beg your pardon» (a polite «sorry» or «what did you say?»), «beg for mercy».

### examples

- We begged Mum to let us stay up for the fireworks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x1)
- The dog begged for a piece of my sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x2)
- "Please, please, please," she begged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x3)
- A man was begging for coins outside the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x4)
- The prisoner begged for mercy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x5)
- I beg your pardon — I didn't hear you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x6)
- He begged his friend not to tell the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x7)
- Our puppy has learned to sit up and beg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x8)
- "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beg/#x9)

### note

Past form doubles the g: begged, begging. «I beg your pardon» is polite and means «Sorry?» or «Excuse me». Begging is asking, not taking; it is different from stealing. Do not feed a begging dog food that is bad for dogs, like chocolate or grapes.

### In the corpora

- [The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/8/)
- [Soft and ashamed, he begs for his shell back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/10/)
- [Chee!» The Woman jumps onto a footstool and begs the Cat to eat it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/2/)
- [The Wife begs him to bring it back; he stamps again, and the Palace comes down without a bump.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/7/)
- [Ruby's friend in Glasgow had been hurting herself on purpose and begged, «Promise me, Rubes.» Ruby was terrified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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