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# electrician

«electrician» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to put in, check and repair…** — 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 (electrician, electricians)

### meaning for a pupil

An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about jobs and safety: only electricians should fix wiring; never poke things into sockets. In science lessons on circuits, electricians use the same ideas in real houses. Phrases: «call an electrician», «a qualified electrician».

### examples

- The electrician fixed the broken light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x1)
- We called an electrician when the socket started sparking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x2)
- My aunt is an electrician. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x3)
- An electrician wires new houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x4)
- Only a trained electrician should work on the fuse box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x5)
- The electrician switched off the power before she started. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/electrician/#x6)

### note

Spelling: «-cian» like «musician», «magician». Pronounced «e-lek-TRISH-un». Safety: electricity can kill; never touch wires or plug things in with wet hands. In maths, job problems may give hours worked and pay per hour.

### In the corpora

- [An architect designs a building and works with engineers; builders, electricians, plumbers and many others build it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/15/)
- [-cian is used for people's jobs from words ending in c: musician, magician, electrician.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/21/)
- [Only adults reset a trip, and if it keeps tripping, an electrician checks it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/14-electricity-at-home/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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