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# club

«club» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of people who meet to do something they like…** — 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 (club, clubs); verb (club together — share the cost)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A club is a group of people who meet to do something they like, such as reading, chess or a sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m1)

2) A club is a heavy stick used to hit, or a golf club used to hit a golf ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m2)

3) Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of cards, with a black clover shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m3)

4) To club together means to put money together to buy something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a group whose members are counted; joining or leaving a club changes the count; fees for a club; children in two clubs (Venn diagrams). In everyday life: after-school club, football club, book club, breakfast club. Phrases: «join a club», «a member of a club», «club fee», «golf club», «club together».

### examples

- The chess club has 18 members. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x1)
- 5 new children joined the club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x2)
- The club fee is 10 dollars a month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x3)
- 12 pupils are in both clubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x4)
- I go to the after-school art club on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x5)
- The giant waved his club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x6)
- She hit the golf ball with her club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x7)
- We clubbed together to buy our teacher a present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x8)
- You will hear our glee-club this evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a club». You «join» a club and are «in» or «a member of» a club. Maths: a group, members are the things counted. Trap: when pupils are in two clubs, those in both are counted twice if you just add.

### In the corpora

- [The Beatles played many cover songs in clubs in Hamburg before they became famous for their own songs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/9/)
- [Ankylosaurus was covered with bony plates in its skin and had a heavy club on its tail that could break a predator's leg.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/10/)
- ["In the pudding club" means pregnant (British slang, jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/11-pregnancy-and-birth/6/)
- [Other children often feel lonely at break time too, and a buddy bench or club can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/7/)
- [Clubs, teams and library groups help you make friends in a new town.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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