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# gram

«gram» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gram, grams); short form g

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gram is a small unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass). A paper clip weighs about one gram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#m1)

2) A kilogram is 1000 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#m2)

3) In the UK the spelling gramme is sometimes seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#m3)

4) Gram is the name of a magic sword in old Norse stories, belonging to the hero Sigurd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

A unit of weight (mass); 1000 grams make 1 kilogram, and a milligram is one thousandth of a gram. In science: we weigh things in grams on a scale; 1 millilitre of water weighs about 1 gram. In everyday life: food labels show grams of sugar and fat. Phrases: «grams of», «per 100 grams», «g» after a number (250 g).

### examples

- An apple weighs 150 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x1)
- A bag has 500 grams of flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x2)
- Each sweet is 5 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x3)
- How many grams are in 2 kilograms? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x4)
- The recipe needs 200 g of butter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x5)
- This cereal has 12 grams of sugar in a bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x6)
- We weighed the leaf on the science scale: 3 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x7)
- A coin weighs about 5 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x8)
- But Sigurd waited till half of him had crawled over the pit, and then he thrust the sword Gram right into his very heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gram/#x9)

### note

A kilogram has 1000 grams. A unit, not a thing counted. Trap: change kilograms to grams (× 1000) before adding them together. Write «g» with no full stop and no s: 5 g. Do not confuse with «-gram» at the end of words like telegram or diagram.

### In the corpora

- [One kilogram is 1000 grams, and one litre is 1000 millilitres.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/99-weight-capacity/0/)
- [A litre is 1000 millilitres, and a kilogram is 1000 grams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/249-weight-and-volume-in-the-kitchen/0/)
- [A kilogram is 1000 grams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/90-measuring-the-world/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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