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# hero

«hero» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who does something very brave or good…** — 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 hero, heroes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hero is a person who does something very brave or good, especially to help or save others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#m1)

2) A hero is the main character in a story, film or play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#m2)

3) Your hero is someone you admire very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, the hero faces danger and solves the problem; the opposite is the villain. In everyday life, firefighters, nurses, lifeguards and people who help in an emergency are called heroes; a superhero has special powers. In history lessons pupils learn about real heroes. Phrases: a real hero, the hero of the story, hero worship, national hero, unsung hero.

### examples

- The firefighter was a hero for saving the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x1)
- The hero of the story defeated the dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x2)
- My big sister is my hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x3)
- Superheroes like to fly, but real heroes help others every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x4)
- The boy became a local hero after he found the lost child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x5)
- Nurses are heroes who look after sick people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x6)
- In the end the hero went home with the treasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x7)
- What! a hero like Theseus afraid! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hero/#x8)

### note

Plural: heroes (with -es). Female form is «heroine», but «hero» is now used for anyone. Adjective: heroic. Do not confuse «heroine» (female hero) with «heroin» (a dangerous drug); they sound the same.

### In the corpora

- [Little ones copy you because you're their hero.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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