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# king

«king» in Mova's school dictionary: **a man who rules a country, usually because his parent was…** — 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 king, kings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A king is a man who rules a country, usually because his parent was king or queen before him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#m1)

2) A king is a playing card with a picture of a king, and the most important piece in chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#m2)

3) A king is a man, animal or thing thought to be the best or most powerful of its kind («the lion is the king of the jungle»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories kings appear in castles, battles and fairy tales; the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have a king as head of state today, but he does not make the laws. In games, the king is the piece to protect in chess and a high card in cards. Phrases: «King Charles», «the king of the castle», «king-size», «kingdom», «crowned king».

### examples

- The king wore a golden crown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x1)
- Britain has a king, but Parliament makes the laws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x2)
- In chess, you lose if your king is trapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x3)
- I have the king of hearts! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x4)
- The lion is called the king of the jungle, though it lives on grassland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x5)
- The prince became king when his mother died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x6)
- He thinks he is the king of the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x7)
- We slept in a king-size bed at the hotel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/king/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a king». With a name it has a capital: «King Charles III». Female: «queen». The land ruled is a «kingdom»; the adjective is «kingly» or «royal». In a pack of cards there are 4 kings out of 52 cards, so the chance of drawing a king is 4/52 = 1/13.

### In the corpora

- [Camilla became Queen when Charles became King and was crowned with him in May 2023.](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/22/)
- [In the 1933 film King Kong the giant gorilla was a small model moved by hand a tiny bit at a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/10/)
- [In The Lion King musical the puppets are designed so you see both the actor and the animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/8/)
- [A mother king cobra builds a nest of leaves for her eggs, which almost no other snake does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/11/)
- [The King's argument: anything that has a head can be beheaded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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