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# jumper

«jumper» in Mova's school dictionary: **In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a jumper…** — 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 (a jumper, jumpers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a jumper is a warm knitted top with long sleeves that you pull over your head (in the US: a sweater). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m1)

2) In the US, a jumper is a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse (UK: pinafore). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m2)

3) A jumper is a person or animal that jumps, like a high jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, a school jumper is part of the uniform, often with the school logo; label it with your name. In sports, a long jumper or high jumper takes part in athletics. In everyday life you put on a jumper when it is cold. Phrases: «woolly jumper», «school jumper», «Christmas jumper», «high jumper», «long jumper».

### examples

- Put your jumper on — it's cold outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x1)
- My school jumper is navy blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x2)
- Grandma knitted me a woolly jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x3)
- We wore silly Christmas jumpers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x4)
- He is the best high jumper in our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x5)
- Kangaroos are amazing jumpers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x6)
- In America, a jumper is a kind of dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x7)
- Write your name in your jumper so it doesn't get lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x8)
- Three famous jumpers were they, as everyone would say, when they all met together in the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x9)

### note

Countable. Big UK/US trap: UK «jumper» = US «sweater»; US «jumper» = UK «pinafore dress». Australians also say «jumper» or «jersey»; New Zealanders often say «jersey» or «jumper».

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: at Christmas in Dublin, Auntie Siobhan hands Mum a lumpy orange jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/2/)
- [A mouse wants crumbs, a cockroach wants dark damp corners, and a clothes moth's caterpillar wants your wool jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/4/)
- [Clues in a text, like crumbs on a jumper, can show that a character is not telling the truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/60-olympiad-tricky-comprehension/10/)
- [The weather can change during the day, so a jumper or raincoat is packed when the forecast says so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/15/)
- [Example: Grandma knits you a jumper you do not like and asks if you like it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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