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# mechanic

«mechanic» in Mova's school dictionary: **to repair and look after engines and machines, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mechanic, mechanics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose job is to repair and look after engines and machines, especially cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#m1)

2) (games) A rule or way something works in a game: a jumping mechanic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#m2)

3) (mechanics, plural) The science of how forces make things move; or the way something works: the mechanics of a bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you take a car to a mechanic when it breaks down. In science «mechanics» is part of physics about forces and motion. Gamers talk about «game mechanics». Phrases: car mechanic, bike mechanic, take it to the mechanic.

### examples

- The mechanic fixed our car's brakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x1)
- My uncle is a mechanic at a garage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x2)
- The bike mechanic pumped up my tyres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x3)
- We need a mechanic; the engine is making a strange noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x4)
- Mechanics is the part of physics about forces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x5)
- The game has a fun new jumping mechanic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x6)
- She wants to be an aircraft mechanic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x7)
- Let's learn the mechanics of how a clock works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mechanic/#x8)

### note

Countable: a mechanic, mechanics. «Mechanics» (the science) is uncountable and takes a singular verb: «Mechanics is hard». Adjective: mechanical. Spelling: mech- (said «mek»).

### Trees and pragmatics

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