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# cordial

«cordial» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sweet concentrated fruit drink that you mix with water:…** — 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 (cordial, cordials); adjective (cordial)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) A sweet concentrated fruit drink that you mix with water: lime cordial, elderflower cordial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#m1)

2) (US, Canada) A sweet alcoholic drink (liqueur) for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#m2)

3) (adjective, formal) Warm and friendly in a polite way: a cordial welcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#m3)

4) Long ago, a cordial was also a medicine or drink that was thought to strengthen and cheer the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand homes, children drink cordial (also called squash) with water. In maths problems cordial is mixed in ratios, like 1 part cordial to 5 parts water. In formal letters "cordial" means friendly. Phrases: blackcurrant cordial, a cordial welcome, cordial relations.

### examples

- Mix one part cordial with five parts water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x1)
- (Australia) Can I have some raspberry cordial? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x2)
- Elderflower cordial is lovely on a hot day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x3)
- (formal) The visitors received a cordial welcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x4)
- The two countries have cordial relations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x5)
- 50 ml of cordial with 250 ml of water makes 300 ml of drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x6)
- “In love he is,” Cona’n grumbled. “A cordial for women, a disease for men, a state of wretchedness.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cordial/#x7)

### note

Meaning changes by country: in the US a cordial is usually an alcoholic drink, in the UK and Australia a children's fruit drink. Adverb: cordially (as in "You are cordially invited"). In maths, a ratio of 1:5 means 1 part cordial out of 6 parts in all.

### In the corpora

- [Squash is a solution: more water makes it more dilute, and a sieve or filter cannot take the cordial back out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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