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# donor

«donor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (donor, donors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#m1)

2) (medicine) A person who gives blood, an organ or another part of the body to help someone else: «a blood donor», «an organ donor». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#m2)

3) (science) Something that gives up a part, such as an atom giving an electron. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and ethics: donors give to charities, school fundraisers, food banks. In health: blood donors and organ donors save lives; people can choose to register as organ donors. In news: big donors give money to political parties. Phrases: «blood donor», «organ donor», «anonymous donor», «generous donor».

### examples

- An anonymous donor gave the school a new piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x1)
- Grandad is a blood donor and gives blood twice a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x2)
- The donor card says she wants to help others after she dies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x3)
- Thanks to a kidney donor, my cousin is healthy again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x4)
- The charity thanked all its donors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x5)
- The food bank depends on generous donors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x6)
- Delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/donor/#x7)

### note

Countable. Verb: «donate»; noun: «donation». Opposite: «recipient» (the one who receives). Spelling: -or, not -er.

### In the corpora

- [One donor can save or improve the lives of several people; the NHS says up to nine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood/7/)
- [Families of donors and people who received organs can write thank-you letters to each other through the hospital.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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