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# betrothal

«betrothal» in Mova's school dictionary: **a formal agreement or promise to marry; the time when two…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (betrothal, betrothals)

### meaning for a pupil

A betrothal is a formal agreement or promise to marry; the time when two people are engaged to be married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothal/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories the betrothal comes before the wedding, and the town celebrates it with bells and heralds.

### examples

- Immediately after the betrothal came the marriage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothal/#x1)
- The church bells rang for the betrothal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothal/#x2)
- The betrothal took place yesterday evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betrothal/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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