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# grace

«grace» in Mova's school dictionary: **a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving** — 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 (grace); verb (grace — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Grace is a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m1)

2) Grace is being polite, kind and calm, even when things are hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m2)

3) Grace is a short prayer of thanks said before a meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m3)

4) A grace period is extra time allowed before something must be done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m4)

5) Grace is also a girl's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m5)

6) Your Grace is a polite title used when speaking to a duke, duchess or archbishop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and dance lessons dancers and gymnasts move with grace. In manners lessons losing with grace means being a good loser. In some families and schools people say grace before eating. Phrases: with grace, say grace, saving grace, grace period, fall from grace.

### examples

- The swan glided across the lake with grace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x1)
- She moved with the grace of a dancer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x2)
- He lost the game with grace and shook hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x3)
- We say grace before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x4)
- The library gives a grace period of three days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x5)
- Grace is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x6)
- His good humour was his saving grace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x7)
- "That is easy, your Grace," said he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grace/#x8)

### note

Uncountable noun mostly. Adjective: graceful (moving beautifully); gracious (kind and polite). Opposite of graceful: clumsy. As a name it starts with a capital: Grace.

### In the corpora

- [Grace starts every sentence of her story with one, and it sounds like a robot: «Then, I woke up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/29-fronted-adverbials/8/)
- [If a family says grace (a short prayer of thanks) before eating, you wait quietly until they finish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/6/)
- [And Grace hid her broccoli in her napkin and said «All gone!» Nobody ever found out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/16/)
- [Grace said no and walked into the shop; the shopkeeper rang her dad, who'd never heard of him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/13/)
- [Then in literacy Grace reads out a story about a dinosaur who opens a bakery — Lily's idea, from Tuesday.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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