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# begging

«begging» in Mova's school dictionary: **Asking someone very strongly or desperately for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of beg (beg, begs, begged, begging); noun (begging); adjective (begging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Asking someone very strongly or desperately for something: begging for one more story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#m1)

2) Asking people in the street for money or food because you are poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#m2)

3) (of a dog) Sitting up and asking for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#m3)

4) Going begging: not wanted or not taken: there's a cake going begging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#m4)

5) Begging the question: making people ask an obvious question (everyday use), or arguing in a circle (formal logic). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories begging shows strong wanting or need; in everyday life people beg to stay up late or for a pet. In citizenship lessons it is about people without homes who ask for money. Phrases: beg for, begging bowl, going begging, I beg your pardon.

### examples

- The little boy kept begging for an ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x1)
- The dog sat up begging for scraps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x2)
- A man was begging outside the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x3)
- There's one slice going begging — who wants it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x4)
- I'm begging you, please don't tell anyone! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x5)
- She begged and begged until Mum said yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x6)
- So she began begging her father to give her in marriage to the fool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begging/#x7)

### note

Spelling: beg doubles the g: begged, begging. "I beg your pardon" is a polite way to say sorry or ask someone to repeat. Do not give money or go off with strangers yourself; ask an adult how to help.

### In the corpora

- [Begging a drifting friend or sulking rarely helps; finding people who share what you love now usually does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/464-growing-apart/39/)
- [I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.598/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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