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# gala

«gala» in Mova's school dictionary: **A special party or performance to celebrate something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gala, galas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A special party or performance to celebrate something, often with fancy clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#m1)

2) (UK, Australia, NZ) A swimming competition: «a swimming gala». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#m2)

3) A big public festival or fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In UK and Australian schools, the «swimming gala» is a race day in the pool. In news: «a gala dinner», «gala night». It tells the reader the event is special and grand.

### examples

- Our school swimming gala is next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x1)
- She won two races at the gala. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x2)
- The film star went to a gala dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x3)
- The village gala has a parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x4)
- Everyone dressed up for the gala night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x5)
- Parents cheered at the swimming gala. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x6)
- To and fro hurried the women, handsome in their gala-day dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gala/#x7)

### note

Countable. Pronounced GAH-la (UK) or GAY-la (US). In maths, gala problems may compare race times — smallest time wins.

### Trees and pragmatics

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