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# ephemeral

«ephemeral» in Mova's school dictionary: **lasting only a very short time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more ephemeral, most ephemeral)

### meaning for a pupil

Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a joy or a life that is over very quickly; also used for things like fashions

### examples

- The ephemeral fly lives only one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x1)
- The joy of the first snow was ephemeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x2)
- Fame can be ephemeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x3)
- Their fun was ephemeral and ended at dusk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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