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# haven

«haven» in Mova's school dictionary: **a safe, peaceful place where people or animals can rest…** — 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 haven, havens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A haven is a safe, peaceful place where people or animals can rest or be protected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#m1)

2) (old use) A harbour where ships can shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#m2)

3) A tax haven is a country where people put money to pay less tax (money). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and in science, a nature reserve is a haven for wildlife; a library can be a haven of quiet. In everyday life parents want home to be a safe haven. Place names like Newhaven or New Haven come from the harbour meaning. Phrases: «safe haven», «a haven of peace», «a haven for wildlife», «tax haven».

### examples

- The garden pond is a haven for frogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x1)
- Our treehouse is a haven from my noisy brothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x2)
- The ship found a haven from the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x3)
- The library is a quiet haven at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x4)
- The island is a haven for seabirds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x5)
- Some rich people keep money in tax havens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x6)
- Home should be a safe haven for every child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haven/#x7)

### note

Countable. Do not confuse with «heaven» (the sky, or where God is, Christians believe). Pronunciation: HAY-ven. Similar: refuge, shelter, sanctuary.

### In the corpora

- [Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1984/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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