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# guardianship

«guardianship» in Mova's school dictionary: **the job of looking after someone or something that cannot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (guardianship; no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Guardianship is the job of looking after someone or something that cannot yet look after itself, such as a child, a treasure or a kingdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guardianship/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the care given by a guardian, often a wise helper or a trusted animal, while the true owner is young or away

### examples

- The king gave the five hounds the guardianship of his young son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guardianship/#x1)
- The kingdom was put under the guardianship of a wise old owl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guardianship/#x2)
- She cared for the orphan under the guardianship of the village priest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guardianship/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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