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# economical

«economical» in Mova's school dictionary: **Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (economical; more economical, most economical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#m1)

2) Cheap to run or use, giving good value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#m2)

3) economical with the truth (informal, humorous): not telling the whole truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths shopping problems: "which pack is more economical?" means which gives more for the money (best value). In everyday life: an economical car uses little petrol. Phrases: economical with, economical to run, more economical.

### examples

- The big box of cereal is more economical than two small ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x1)
- Our new car is very economical on petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x2)
- Be economical with the glue so it lasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x3)
- Which is more economical: 6 eggs for 3 dollars or 12 eggs for 5 dollars? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x4)
- Walking is the most economical way to get to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x5)
- He was being economical with the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x6)
- No matter what was put into it, it cooked deliciously whatever was wanted without any firing—truly a very economical saucepan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economical/#x7)

### note

Do not confuse with "economic", which means about the economy or money in general (economic news). Maths: to find the more economical deal, work out the price of one item (unit price) and compare.

### In the corpora

- ["Economical with the truth" means lying or leaving out important facts (UK).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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