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# english

«english» in Mova's school dictionary: **a language, the one you are reading now** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (English — the language; the English — the people of England); adjective (English)

### meaning for a pupil

1) English is a language, the one you are reading now. It is spoken in many countries, like the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#m1)

2) English means coming from England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#m2)

3) English is a school subject where you learn to read and write well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a school subject or language; often a book or test in a story (numbers are books, scores or time); school: English lessons, spelling, grammar, stories and poems; everyday life: people learning English as a second language; geography: England is part of the United Kingdom

### examples

- She has 3 English books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x1)
- He scored 85 in English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x2)
- The English class has 24 students. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x3)
- They study English for 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x4)
- English is spoken all over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x5)
- We read a poem in English today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x6)
- My friend is learning English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x7)
- London is the capital of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/english/#x8)

### note

A word of the story; the numbers are books, scores or time. Trap: none. Always write it with a capital E. People from Scotland, Wales or Ireland are not English, though many speak English.

### In the corpora

- [Bots learned from British and American English and may mix spellings like "colour" and "color".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/9/)
- [Oranges came from Asia and spread along trade routes; in English the colour orange was named after the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/8/)
- [The Eaglet says "Speak English!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/15/)
- [That is why an alphabet is so powerful: English needs only 26 letters, but Chinese writing uses thousands of characters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/29/)
- [J, U and W were added to English only in the last thousand years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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