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# cv

«cv» in Mova's school dictionary: **CV stands for curriculum vitae (Latin for "the course of…** — 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, abbreviation (a CV, CVs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (work) CV stands for curriculum vitae (Latin for "the course of life"): a short written list of your education, jobs and skills that you send when applying for a job. In the USA a similar paper is called a résumé. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#m1)

2) In science, cv can also be a short way of writing other terms, but for pupils CV means the job paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life, people update their CV and send it with a covering letter; after redundancy they may need a new CV. Older pupils write a practice CV in careers lessons, listing clubs, awards and skills. Phrases: write a CV, send your CV, update your CV, a gap on your CV.

### examples

- Mum is updating her CV to look for a new job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x1)
- Please send your CV and a short letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x2)
- In careers class we wrote a CV with our hobbies and skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x3)
- Volunteering looks good on a CV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x4)
- Dad's CV is two pages long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x5)
- In America they ask for a résumé instead of a CV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cv/#x6)

### note

Written in capitals: CV. Say "see-vee". Countable: a CV, two CVs. Plural of the Latin is curricula vitae, but most people just say CVs. It should be true: lying on a CV is wrong and can get you sacked.

### In the corpora

- [A CV is a page or two listing someone's education, jobs and skills; Americans call it a résumé.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/6/)
- [Employers often glance at a CV for less than a minute, so grown-ups fuss over every word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/7/)
- [A CV is a short, honest document about your skills, results and work, which employers read to decide whom to meet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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