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# michael

«michael» in Mova's school dictionary: **a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking…** — 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

proper noun (Michael — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Michael is a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking countries (a name); short forms are Mike, Mick, Mikey and Mickey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#m1)

2) (Bible, church) Michael is an archangel in the Bible, who Christians believe leads God's angels against evil; Saint Michael is shown with a sword, defeating a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Children meet Michael as a classmate's name, in stories and in songs. In RE and church lessons, Saint Michael the Archangel appears in the Bible and in church windows; Michaelmas is his feast day in the church year. Phrases: «Saint Michael», «Michael the Archangel», «Michaelmas».

### examples

- Michael sits next to me in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x1)
- My uncle Michael is called Mike for short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x2)
- Saint Michael is shown defeating a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x3)
- In the Bible, Michael is an archangel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x4)
- Michael scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x5)
- The church is named after Saint Michael. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/michael/#x6)

### note

Always a capital M. Tricky spelling: «ae» in the middle, said MY-kul. Do not invent facts about a person called Michael; it is just a name unless the text tells you more.

### In the corpora

- [On 20 July 1969 the American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in Apollo 11 while Michael Collins circled above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon/11/)
- [On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon during Apollo 11, while Michael Collins orbited above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/29-the-history-of-space-exploration/9/)
- [Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.499/)
- [And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.197/)
- [the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.277/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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