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# fad

«fad» in Mova's school dictionary: **something, like a toy, game, fashion or food, that…** — 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 (a fad, fads)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fad is something, like a toy, game, fashion or food, that becomes very popular suddenly and is then quickly forgotten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#m1)

2) A fad diet is a popular way of eating that promises quick results but is often not healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Playground crazes (loom bands, fidget spinners), fashion, health lessons (fad diets), adults' talk («it's just a fad»).

### examples

- Fidget spinners were a big fad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x1)
- Mum says my slime collection is just a fad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x2)
- Every term there is a new playground fad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x3)
- Fad diets promise too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x4)
- The dance was a fad that lasted one summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x5)
- Is this game a fad or here to stay? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fad/#x6)

### note

Countable. Similar: craze, trend. A fad is short; a trend can last longer.

### In the corpora

- [I wonder what new fad he has taken up now?» (a fad = a short-lived craze).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/33/)
- [His fads never do.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/28/)
- [A fad is something that is popular for only a short time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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