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# funeral

«funeral» in Mova's school dictionary: **A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and…** — 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 (a funeral, funerals); adjective (funeral — funeral home, funeral service)

### meaning for a pupil

A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and friends say goodbye and remember the person, and the body is buried or cremated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, a funeral helps people share grief and memories; it is OK to cry, and also OK to smile at happy memories. In everyday life, people often wear dark clothes and are quiet and respectful at a funeral; customs differ between religions and cultures. Phrases: go to a funeral, funeral service, funeral home, funeral procession.

### examples

- We went to Grandpa's funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x1)
- People wore black to the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x2)
- At the funeral we shared stories about her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x3)
- It's OK to feel sad at a funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x4)
- We held a little funeral for our goldfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x5)
- The cars drove slowly in the funeral procession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x6)
- He came to his mother's funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x7)

### note

Countable. Spelling: f-u-n-e-r-a-l (nothing to do with "fun"). Manners: speak quietly and be kind to the family. Every culture has its own funeral customs.

### In the corpora

- [Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/12/)
- [A funeral is a ceremony where family and friends say goodbye to someone who has died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/0/)
- [Remembering does not stop after the funeral.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/4/)
- [Children are usually welcome at funerals, and it is their choice whether to go.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/6/)
- [Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 aged 99, and the Queen sat alone at his funeral because of Covid distancing rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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