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# breathlessness

«breathlessness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being short of breath and finding it hard to breathe, for…** — 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 (breathlessness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being short of breath and finding it hard to breathe, for example after running or because of illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#m1)

2) A feeling of great excitement or surprise, as if you cannot breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and PE lessons breathlessness after exercise is normal; it shows the body needs more oxygen. But sudden breathlessness when resting, or with asthma, needs help from an adult or doctor. In stories it shows fear, excitement or tiredness. Adjective: breathless.

### examples

- After the race I felt a bit of breathlessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x1)
- Breathlessness can be a sign of an asthma attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x2)
- The doctor asked about Grandma's breathlessness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x3)
- The climbers felt breathlessness high on the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x4)
- In the story her breathlessness came from excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x5)
- Tell an adult if breathlessness doesn't go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathlessness/#x6)

### note

breath + less + ness. Spelling: «breath» is the noun (say «breth»), «breathe» is the verb. Uncountable. Adjective «breathless», adverb «breathlessly».

### In the corpora

- [Some people have tiredness, breathlessness or brain fog for months after COVID, called long COVID; doctors are still studying why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/12-covid-and-staying-home/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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