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# bereaved

«bereaved» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having lost a close family member or friend because they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (bereaved); noun (the bereaved — people who are grieving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having lost a close family member or friend because they died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#m1)

2) (noun, the bereaved) People whose loved one has recently died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used gently in adult life, news and church: the bereaved family, support for the bereaved. It tells the reader someone is grieving. Schools and churches offer care for bereaved children. Phrases: bereaved family, recently bereaved, support for the bereaved.

### examples

- The bereaved family thanked everyone for their kind messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x1)
- Our class made cards for a bereaved classmate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x2)
- The vicar comforted the bereaved at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x3)
- Recently bereaved people may feel sad for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x4)
- The charity helps bereaved children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x5)
- We should be gentle with someone who is bereaved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x6)
- The bereaved mother planted a tree in her son's memory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x7)
- The bereaved father and daughter were wild with grief, and they abandoned themselves to their bitter sorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bereaved/#x8)

### note

A respectful, gentle word. Noun: bereavement (the loss). "The bereaved" can mean one or many people. Related verb bereave (rare). Not the same as "brave".

### In the corpora

- [And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1414/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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