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# candy

«candy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sweet food made with sugar, like a lollipop or a toffee** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (candy, candies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Candy is a sweet food made with sugar, like a lollipop or a toffee. In the UK and Ireland it is called sweets, and in Australia and New Zealand lollies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#m1)

2) A candy is one piece of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted, shared, eaten or given; often split into equal bags; at Halloween children collect candy; phrases: «a piece of candy», «candy bar», «cotton candy» (candyfloss), «candy cane»

### examples

- Bobby had 30 pieces of candy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x1)
- He ate 12 pieces of candy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x2)
- She shares 24 candies equally among 4 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x3)
- How many candies did they have in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x4)
- We got lots of candy on Halloween. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x5)
- Too much candy is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x6)
- A candy cane is red and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x7)
- Never take candy from a stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x8)
- Green candy and green pop-corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candy/#x9)

### note

Uncountable (some candy) and countable (candies). A thing counted. «ate», «gave away» take away; «shares equally» divides. Trap: «pieces of candy» counts the pieces, not a different thing.

### In the corpora

- [Popping candy works differently: gas is trapped inside hard sugar and pops out as the sugar melts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/16/)
- [Medicine should always be called medicine, not candy or sweets, so children do not look for more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/7/)
- [Medicine should be called medicine, never candy or sweets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/14/)
- [Medicine is not candy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/3/)
- [Call medicine «medicine», never sweets or candy, so small children do not look for more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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