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# gong

«gong» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gong, gongs)

### meaning for a pupil

A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gong/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a gong is struck to call people to a meal or to give a signal

### examples

- The gong sounded for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gong/#x1)
- He hit the gongs one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gong/#x2)
- The servant struck the gong to call the guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gong/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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