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# covet

«covet» in Mova's school dictionary: **to want very much something that belongs to someone else** — 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

verb (covet, covets, coveted, coveting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To covet something is to want very much something that belongs to someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#m1)

2) (Bible) «You shall not covet» is the last of the Ten Commandments, telling people not to long for their neighbour's house, wife or belongings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#m2)

3) A coveted prize or place is one that many people want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education and ethics the commandment against coveting teaches contentment. In everyday and sports writing a «coveted trophy» is one everyone wants. Phrases: «covet your neighbour's», «a coveted prize», «coveted place».

### examples

- The Ten Commandments say, «You shall not covet». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x1)
- He coveted his friend's new bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x2)
- The gold cup is the most coveted prize in the league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x3)
- She won a coveted place in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x4)
- Coveting what others have can make you unhappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x5)
- The dragon coveted the king's treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x6)
- Try to be thankful instead of coveting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x7)
- Not even in nightmares had she ever seen such horrible creatures as her much-coveted box contained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covet/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: coveted, coveting (one t). Noun/adjective: covetous. Formal or biblical; plain words: want badly, envy. Not the same as «cover».

### In the corpora

- [There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.614/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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