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# economist

«economist» in Mova's school dictionary: **an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an economist, economists)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who studies or is an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and trade work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In news, economists explain why prices go up and what may happen to jobs; in stories they may advise governments. Phrases: «a leading economist», «economists predict».

### examples

- The economist said prices would rise next year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x1)
- Economists study how people spend money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x2)
- My aunt is an economist at a bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x3)
- The government asked economists for advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x4)
- An economist uses a lot of maths and graphs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x5)
- Economists do not always agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economist/#x6)

### note

Countable: an economist (an before a vowel sound). Spelling: e-co-no-mist. Subject: economics; adjective: economic.

### In the corpora

- [Economists do the same with bad news: "negative growth" sounds like growing, but it means the economy got smaller.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/3/)
- [And some economists really do argue that home machines like washers freed more time than the internet, while others disagree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/65-light-machines-and-medicine-how-the-last-250-years-changed-a-normal-day/4/)
- [In 1817 the economist David Ricardo explained that countries gain by doing what they do best and trading, like swapping spare stickers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/70-trade-why-people-swap-and-the-great-trade-routes/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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