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# enigma

«enigma» in Mova's school dictionary: **a puzzle or a mystery that is hard to understand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (enigma, enigmas)

### meaning for a pupil

An enigma is a puzzle or a mystery that is hard to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a riddle or mystery that nobody can solve, often in a tale or a prophecy

### examples

- What this happiness is, is an enigma to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#x1)
- The strange message was an enigma to all of us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enigma/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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