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# genius

«genius» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is extremely clever or talented** — 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

noun (a genius, geniuses; genius — uncountable for the talent); adjective use (informal: «That's genius!»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A genius is a person who is extremely clever or talented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#m1)

2) Genius is very great cleverness or skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#m2)

3) (informal, slang) «Genius!» or «That's genius» means a clever idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#m3)

4) In Arabian stories, a genius is a magic spirit, another name for a genie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history geniuses invent, discover or create great things. In casual talk people say «genius» about any clever trick. Phrases: «a stroke of genius», «a genius at», «evil genius».

### examples

- Einstein is often called a genius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x1)
- Using a straw as a funnel — genius! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x2)
- She's a genius at maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x3)
- It was a stroke of genius to bring an umbrella. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x4)
- The evil genius in the film wanted to take over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x5)
- Mozart was a musical genius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x6)
- "Yes, I was," answered the genius. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genius/#x7)

### note

Plural: geniuses. Myth: geniuses don't need to work hard — in fact most practise a lot. Pronounced JEE-nee-us.

### In the corpora

- [Theo decided he was a tech genius and turned the router off and on forty times in one evening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/409-lag-crashes-and-blaming-the-wifi/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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