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# dvd

«dvd» in Mova's school dictionary: **a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (DVD, DVDs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A DVD is a flat round shiny disc that holds films, music, games or computer files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#m1)

2) It is read by a DVD player or a computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#m2)

3) Today many people stream films instead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a thing bought, sold or rented; with prices and counts (cost = DVDs × price; shelves × DVDs each); everyday life: watching a film on DVD, the library lends DVDs; technology: discs, players, streaming

### examples

- A DVD costs $8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x1)
- She has 24 DVDs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x2)
- He rented 3 DVDs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x3)
- Each shelf holds 15 DVDs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x4)
- We watched a DVD on the rainy day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x5)
- You can borrow DVDs from the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x6)
- Put the DVD back in its case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dvd/#x7)

### note

Thing counted. Trap: none special. Written in capital letters: DVD, DVDs (no apostrophe). Say each letter: «dee-vee-dee».

### Trees and pragmatics

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