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# dais

«dais» in Mova's school dictionary: **A raised platform at one end of a hall, where a king, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (daises)

### meaning for a pupil

A raised platform at one end of a hall, where a king, a speaker or a top table sits so that everyone can see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dais/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the place where the king or the важный guest sits in a great hall

### examples

- The king sat on the raised dais. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dais/#x1)
- The speaker stood on the dais to give his talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dais/#x2)
- The top table was set up on a dais above the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dais/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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