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# dj

«dj» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who plays recorded music for people at a party…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a DJ, DJs); verb (DJ, DJs, DJ'd or DJed, DJing — informal); abbreviation

### meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) A DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music for people at a party, club or on the radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#m1)

2) (informal verb) To DJ is to be the DJ at an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#m2)

3) (UK, informal, older) DJ can also stand for dinner jacket, a smart black jacket worn at formal events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday word for parties, school discos, weddings and radio. Tells the reader there is music and dancing. Phrases: radio DJ, the DJ at the disco, DJ set, guest DJ.

### examples

- The DJ played my favourite song at the school disco. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x1)
- My uncle is a radio DJ in the mornings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x2)
- She wants to DJ at her cousin's wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x3)
- The DJ asked everyone to put their hands up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x4)
- He DJed for the class party with a laptop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x5)
- (UK) Dad wore a DJ and bow tie to the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dj/#x6)

### note

Written DJ in capitals; said «dee-jay». Plural DJs (no apostrophe). The second meaning (dinner jacket) is British and rarer; in the US it is a tuxedo. Not a real word on its own, only letters.

### Trees and pragmatics

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