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# chemist

«chemist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are…** — 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 chemist, chemists; the chemist's)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#m1)

2) In British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English a chemist is a person who prepares and sells medicines, and «the chemist's» is the shop where you buy them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a chemist mixes substances, measures and records results safely. In everyday British life you go «to the chemist's» for plasters, medicine and toothpaste; Americans say «drugstore» or «pharmacy» and «pharmacist». Phrases: go to the chemist's, a research chemist, the chemist on the corner.

### examples

- A chemist studies how substances react with each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x1)
- Marie Curie was a famous chemist and physicist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x2)
- Mum went to the chemist's to buy cough medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x3)
- The chemist told us how many spoonfuls to take. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x4)
- The chemist wore goggles and gloves in the lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x5)
- Is there a chemist near the station? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x6)
- When I grow up, I want to be a chemist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x7)
- But then this wonderful ointment could not be bought at a chemist's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/#x8)

### note

Countable: a chemist, chemists. «Ch» sounds like «k»: KEM-ist. British «the chemist's» = American «the drugstore/pharmacy». Do not confuse with «chemistry» (the subject) or «chemical» (a substance).

### In the corpora

- [Worms are common in children and are easily treated with medicine from a doctor or chemist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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