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# bennet

«bennet» in Mova's school dictionary: **A family name; best known as the Bennet family…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Bennet); noun (herb bennet — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A family name; best known as the Bennet family, especially Elizabeth Bennet, in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#m1)

2) (rare) Herb bennet: a wild plant with yellow flowers, also called wood avens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met mostly in English literature: Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters. Rarely, in nature study, as a plant name. Phrases: Elizabeth Bennet, the Bennet sisters.

### examples

- Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of "Pride and Prejudice". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x1)
- Mrs Bennet wants her daughters to marry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x2)
- The Bennet family had five daughters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x3)
- Mr Bennet loved reading in his library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x4)
- Herb bennet grows in shady woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x5)
- Our class read a short version of the Bennet sisters' story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bennet/#x6)

### note

A name: write with a capital B. One t in Austen's spelling; the surname Bennett with two t's is also common. Not an everyday English word.

### Trees and pragmatics

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