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# isle

«isle» in Mova's school dictionary: **An island, especially a small one or one in a name…** — 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 (an isle, isles)

### meaning for a pupil

An island, especially a small one or one in a name, mainly used in poems and place names. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, place names use isle: the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the British Isles, the Isle of Skye. In poems and songs, isle sounds old and special. Phrases: the British Isles, Emerald Isle (Ireland), treasure isle.

### examples

- The Isle of Wight is off the south coast of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x1)
- We went on holiday to the Isle of Man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x2)
- Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x3)
- The pirate's map showed a small isle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x4)
- The British Isles include Great Britain, Ireland and many smaller islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x5)
- The poem was about a peaceful green isle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/isle/#x6)

### note

The s is silent: isle sounds like I'll and aisle (the gap between rows of seats). Homophones: isle, aisle, I'll. Islet means a very small island.

### In the corpora

- [The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.880/)
- [All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.721/)
- [The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1206/)
- [The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1725/)
- [And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.180/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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