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# desolate

«desolate» in Mova's school dictionary: **empty and bare, with no people or life** — 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

adjective (no comparative in use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolate/#m1)

2) Desolate means sad and lonely, feeling that nothing is good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a lonely place, or a heart left alone and unhappy.

### examples

- The desolate house stood at the end of the lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolate/#x1)
- The moor was cold and desolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolate/#x2)
- After her friends left, she felt desolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolate/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [For thus saith the LORD: The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.129/)
- [Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trodden My portion under foot, they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.363/)
- [Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.753/)
- [And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously, saith the Lord GOD.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.310/)
- [And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.784/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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