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# immaculate

«immaculate» in Mova's school dictionary: **Perfectly clean and tidy, with no dirt or mess at all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (immaculate); adverb «immaculately»

### meaning for a pupil

1) Perfectly clean and tidy, with no dirt or mess at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#m1)

2) Without any mistake; perfect: an immaculate performance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#m2)

3) (church) Without sin: Catholic Christians believe in the «Immaculate Conception», that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the start of her life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes a spotless room, uniform or car, or a perfect piece of work. In sport and music, an immaculate performance has no errors. In church lessons it appears in the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December). Phrases: immaculately dressed, in immaculate condition, immaculate handwriting.

### examples

- Grandma's kitchen is always immaculate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x1)
- His uniform was immaculate on the first day of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x2)
- The second-hand bike was in immaculate condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x3)
- The gymnast gave an immaculate performance and scored ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x4)
- Her handwriting is immaculate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x5)
- Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception on 8 December. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x6)
- After an hour of tidying, my room looked immaculate — for one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immaculate/#x7)

### note

Spelling: double m, one c at the start, «-late» at the end: i-m-m-a-c-u-l-a-t-e. A common confusion: the «Immaculate Conception» is about Mary being free from sin, not about the birth of Jesus (that is the «Virgin Birth»).

### Trees and pragmatics

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