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# covetousness

«covetousness» in Mova's school dictionary: **A strong greedy wish to have what other people have, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

A strong greedy wish to have what other people have, or to keep getting more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covetousness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the fault that brings trouble, such as a greed for gold or riches that makes people do wrong.

### examples

- Their covetousness made them forget to be kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covetousness/#x1)
- Covetousness can spoil a happy family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covetousness/#x2)
- The fox's covetousness led him into the trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covetousness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1390/)
- [Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2199/)
- [The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.820/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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