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# economic

«economic» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with money, trade, jobs and business in a country…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with money, trade, jobs and business in a country or area: economic growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#m1)

2) (sometimes) Making a profit or giving good value — but the usual word for this is «economical». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and news «economic» describes the money side of life — the economy; «economic problems» means not enough money or jobs. Phrases: «economic growth», «economic crisis», «economic reasons».

### examples

- The country had a hard economic time with many people out of work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x1)
- The factory closed for economic reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x2)
- New shops bring economic growth to a town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x3)
- Farming is an important economic activity there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x4)
- We learned about economic links between countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x5)
- The economic news was good: more people had jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economic/#x6)

### note

Trap: «economic» = about money and the economy; «economical» = not wasting money or fuel (an economical car). Say «ee-kuh-NOM-ik» or «ek-uh-NOM-ik».

### Trees and pragmatics

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