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# commercial

«commercial» in Mova's school dictionary: **Connected with buying and selling, business or trade** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (commercial, more commercial); noun (a commercial, commercials)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Connected with buying and selling, business or trade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#m1)

2) Made to earn money rather than for art or kindness (a very commercial film). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#m2)

3) An advertisement on TV or radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#m3)

4) Used by businesses rather than at home (a commercial kitchen). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: TV commercials, commercial flights, commercial vehicles. In geography: commercial areas of a town, commercial farming. In safety: commercials try to persuade you; think before you believe. Phrases: commercial break, commercial success.

### examples

- We made popcorn during the commercial break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x1)
- That commercial is so annoying! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x2)
- The shopping centre is in the commercial part of town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x3)
- Commercial fishing boats catch tons of fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x4)
- The film was a big commercial success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x5)
- Commercials try to make you want things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commercial/#x6)

### note

UK often says «advert» or «ad» for a TV commercial; US says «commercial». Spelling: double m. Adverb: commercially.

### Trees and pragmatics

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