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# humour

«humour» in Mova's school dictionary: **full of humour»** — 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 (humour — uncountable; a sense of humour); verb (humour, humours, humoured, humouring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being funny: «The book is full of humour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#m1)

2) The ability to see what is funny and to laugh: «a good sense of humour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#m2)

3) (verb) To go along with what someone wants to keep them happy, even if you don't agree: «Just humour him». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#m3)

4) (old) A mood: «in a good humour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In reading and writing: writers use humour (jokes, puns, silly situations) to entertain. Kind humour makes everyone laugh; hurtful «humour» at someone's expense is unkind. Phrases: «sense of humour», «good humour», «dry humour», «toilet humour».

### examples

- My dad has a great sense of humour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x1)
- The story is full of humour and surprises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x2)
- We use humour to cheer each other up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x3)
- He took the joke with good humour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x4)
- Just humour Grandpa and listen to his old stories again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x5)
- Her humour is clever and kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x6)
- “Dance away, my little man,” said Peter, who was in high good humour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humour/#x7)

### note

Spelling: «humour» in British, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ English; «humor» in American English. Adjective: humorous (no u after o in any spelling!). Uncountable: «a lot of humour», not «humours» (except the old medical idea of four humours).

### In the corpora

- [The Mole digs, mostly to humour his friend, who he thinks is going a bit mad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/9/)
- [When a word ends in -our, the u usually drops before -ous: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/5/)
- [Before -ous, -our usually loses its u: humour, humorous; glamour, glamorous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/18/)
- [Not every joke lands, and that is okay; humour depends on the moment and the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/23/)
- [Humour can stop small teasing; if it keeps going, or it's about your family, tell an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/42/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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