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# bout

«bout» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of…** — 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

noun (a bout, bouts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of flu, a bout of laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#m1)

2) A short time of doing something hard: a bout of exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#m2)

3) A boxing or wrestling match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health it describes a short illness: a bout of tummy bug. In sport, a bout is a fight between two boxers or wrestlers. In stories: a bout of giggles. Phrases: a bout of, a coughing bout.

### examples

- I had a bout of flu last week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x1)
- A bout of giggles stopped the lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x2)
- The boxing bout lasted three rounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x3)
- She had a coughing bout during the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x4)
- After a short bout of rain, the sun came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x5)
- The wrestlers shook hands after the bout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bout/#x6)

### note

Countable: a bout, bouts. Usually followed by «of». Do not confuse with about.

### In the corpora

- ["A session", in Ireland and Britain, means a long bout of heavy drinking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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