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# leo

«leo» in Mova's school dictionary: **A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion** — 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 (Leo — a constellation, star sign and name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (space) A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#m1)

2) (star signs) The fifth sign of the zodiac, for birthdays from about 23 July to 22 August. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#m2)

3) (a name) Leo, a boy's name meaning «lion» in Latin; many popes were called Leo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#m3)

4) (Latin) leo = lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on space: Leo is a constellation seen in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the bright star Regulus. Star signs (astrology) are not science: the stars do not decide your character. Phrases: «the constellation Leo», «I'm a Leo».

### examples

- We found the constellation Leo in the spring sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x1)
- Regulus is the brightest star in Leo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x2)
- My birthday is in August, so my star sign is Leo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x3)
- Leo is the Latin word for lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x4)
- My friend Leo plays football with me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x5)
- Star signs like Leo are fun, but they are not science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leo/#x6)

### note

Always a capital: Leo. Constellations are real patterns of stars; astrology (horoscopes) is a belief, not proved by science.

### In the corpora

- [Leo in Vancouver sat on Grandad's glasses, bent them, and put them back in the case.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/1/)
- [Leo owned up, said sorry, and read the paper aloud to Grandad every morning until the new glasses came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/3/)
- [Leo let the bath overflow while he played a game, mopped it with towels and hid them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/5/)
- [Now Leo sets a timer when the bath runs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/9/)
- [Leo broke the garden gnome with his bat and buried the pieces with his friend, laughing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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