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# ill

«ill» in Mova's school dictionary: **ill in bed."** — 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

adjective (ill, worse, worst); adverb (ill — badly); noun (ills — problems)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sick, not well: "He is ill in bed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#m1)

2) Bad or harmful: "ill effects". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#m2)

3) As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#m3)

4) As a noun (plural "ills"), problems or troubles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health and everyday life: when you are ill, rest, drink water, tell an adult, stay home to avoid spreading germs; take medicine only from a trusted adult. Phrases: fall ill, feel ill, seriously ill, ill at ease (uncomfortable), ill-mannered.

### examples

- I felt ill and went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x1)
- She fell ill with flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x2)
- Stay home when you are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x3)
- The doctor helps people who are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x4)
- Too much sun can make you ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x5)
- He was ill at ease at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x6)
- Don't speak ill of others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x7)
- Eating bad food made him ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x8)
- “Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ill/#x9)

### note

"Ill" (more British) and "sick" (more American) both mean not well. "I'm ill" is fine, but "an ill person" is less common than "a sick person". "Ill" sounds the same as the start of "I'll".

### In the corpora

- [Some people go to work ill because they can't afford to lose the pay, which spreads germs to everyone else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/12/)
- [When grown-ups are ill, they usually see the GP, the family doctor at the local surgery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/0/)
- [Jabs and check-ups keep people well before they get ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/6/)
- [Never comment on someone's weight; you don't know if they are ill, grieving or just healthier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/18/)
- [When a famous person is ill, people online rush to guess.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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