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# leaflet

«leaflet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small printed sheet of paper, sometimes folded, that…** — 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 leaflet, leaflets); verb (leaflet, leaflets, leafleted, leafleting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A leaflet is a small printed sheet of paper, sometimes folded, that gives information or advertises something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m1)

2) (science) A leaflet is a small leaf that is part of a bigger leaf, like on a clover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m2)

3) To leaflet an area is to hand out leaflets there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school letters and leaflets go home in bags; in safety lessons leaflets explain fire safety. In maths: counting leaflets delivered. In science: leaflets on compound leaves. Phrases: hand out leaflets, information leaflet.

### examples

- A leaflet about the school fair came home in my bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x1)
- Read the leaflet before taking the medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x2)
- We delivered 50 leaflets on our street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x3)
- The fire safety leaflet says to check smoke alarms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x4)
- A clover leaf has three leaflets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x5)
- They leafleted the town about the lost cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x6)
- Pick up a free leaflet at the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x7)
- If each house gets 2 leaflets, 30 houses need 60 leaflets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x8)
- It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x9)

### note

Countable. Similar: flyer, pamphlet, brochure. Verb past: leafleted (one t is most common). "Leaf" + "-let" (small).

### In the corpora

- [Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/2/)
- [An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/8/)
- [A leaflet says «Visit Sunnybay!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/5/)
- [Theo said he'd been «at the dentist», but he had no sticker, no leaflet, no numb mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/19/)
- [If you forget a dose, never double up; the leaflet or pharmacist says what to do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/18-the-right-dose-and-never-more-than/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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