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# generous

«generous» in Mova's school dictionary: **kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (generous, more generous, most generous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A generous person is kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#m1)

2) Generous means larger than usual, such as a generous slice of cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school values lessons and stories, generous characters share and help others; in everyday life a generous helping is a big portion. Phrases: «generous with», «a generous gift», «a generous slice», «generous of you».

### examples

- It was generous of you to share your sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x1)
- Grandad is generous with his time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x2)
- She gave a generous gift to the charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x3)
- He cut me a generous slice of pie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x4)
- The teacher was generous with praise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x5)
- Being generous makes others happy too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x6)
- The shop gives a generous discount to pensioners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x7)
- But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generous/#x8)

### note

Adverb: «generously»; noun: «generosity». Opposite: «mean», «selfish». In maths problems a generous helping just means a large portion; use the numbers given.

### In the corpora

- [A trade that seems far too generous often hides something broken, stolen or fake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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