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# carnival

«carnival» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fair with rides, games and food, often travelling from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (carnival, carnivals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carnival is a fair with rides, games and food, often travelling from town to town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#m1)

2) A carnival is a big street party with music, dancing and costumes, like the carnival in Rio or the Notting Hill Carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a place in the story; tickets, rides, prizes and money counted; phrases «carnival ride», «carnival games», «school carnival»

### examples

- Each ride at the carnival costs 3 tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x1)
- She won 20 tickets at the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x2)
- The carnival had 500 visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x3)
- He spent 15 dollars at the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x4)
- We rode the Ferris wheel at the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x5)
- People danced in costumes at the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x6)
- Our school carnival raises money for books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x7)
- I won a goldfish at the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x8)
- The carnival came to town for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x9)
- The swimming carnival is in March (Australia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x10)
- There appears little doubt that the modern Carnival is a survival of the ancient Saturnalia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnival/#x11)

### note

No clue by itself; look for tickets per ride. Trap: tickets and dollars are different units. Rides = tickets ÷ tickets per ride. In Australia, a «swimming carnival» or «athletics carnival» is a school sports day.

### Trees and pragmatics

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