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# dean

«dean» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is in charge of a part of a college or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dean, deans); proper noun (Dean — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dean is a person who is in charge of a part of a college or university, or of students. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#m1)

2) A dean is also a leader of priests in a large church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#m2)

3) Dean is a boy's name or a family name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a person in the story, often a name; no quantity; school: a college dean gives prizes or rules; everyday life: names of people

### examples

- Dean has 14 marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x1)
- The dean gave prizes to 6 students. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x2)
- Dean ran 3 miles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x3)
- Dean and his sister share 20 cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x4)
- The dean of the college spoke at the ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x5)
- My friend Dean lives next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dean/#x6)

### note

Usually a name; carries no clue. Trap: none. As a name, use a capital D.

### In the corpora

- [In Year 2 Sam knocked over Dean's Lego tower by accident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/0/)
- [The teacher talks to Dean and his parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/3/)
- [Dean falls off the climbing frame holding his wrist, everyone stares, and Sam helps him up and walks him to the office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/17/)
- [Next day Dean mutters «ta» (thanks) and leaves him alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/471-the-kid-who-has-it-in-for-you/18/)
- [Dean has had it in for Sam since Year 2.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/484-enemies-who-became-friends-and-ones-who-never-did/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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