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# inmate

«inmate» in Mova's school dictionary: **kept in a prison** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an inmate, inmates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is kept in a prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#m1)

2) (old use) A person living in a hospital or other institution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#m2)

3) An inmate can also be any creature living inside a place, such as a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In news, stories and social studies it means a prisoner. Phrases: prison inmate, fellow inmate. It tells the reader the person is locked up, not free to leave.

### examples

- The inmates ate lunch in the prison canteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x1)
- An inmate escaped but was caught the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x2)
- Some inmates study for exams in prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x3)
- The film is about two inmates who become friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x4)
- Prison guards keep the inmates safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x5)
- Each inmate has a small cell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x6)
- When he has gnawed his way with these through all obstacles, he first destroys the babes he finds in a house, and then the older inmates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/#x7)

### note

Countable. Similar: prisoner. «Inmate» sounds formal; do not confuse with «mate» (friend).

### Trees and pragmatics

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