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# cerebral

«cerebral» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the brain, especially the main part of it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (cerebral)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the brain, especially the main part of it called the cerebrum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#m1)

2) Thinking a lot in a clever, serious way, using the mind more than feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons it appears in "cerebral palsy" (a condition affecting movement, from birth) and in descriptions of the brain. In stories it describes a thoughtful, clever character or film. Phrases: "cerebral palsy", "cerebral cortex", "a cerebral film".

### examples

- The cerebral cortex is the wrinkly outer layer of the brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#x1)
- My classmate has cerebral palsy and uses a walker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#x2)
- Chess is a very cerebral game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#x3)
- The film was too cerebral for my little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#x4)
- A cerebral detective solves crimes by thinking hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cerebral/#x5)

### note

Pronounced "SER-uh-bral" or "suh-REE-bral". Cerebral palsy is not an illness you can catch, and people with it can be just as clever as anyone.

### Trees and pragmatics

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