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# mnemonics

«mnemonics» in Mova's school dictionary: **tricks that help you remember things, like a rhyme, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mnemonics; a mnemonic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mnemonics are tricks that help you remember things, like a rhyme, a sentence or a pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#m1)

2) Mnemonics is also the study and use of such memory tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Very useful in school: «Never Eat Shredded Wheat» for North, East, South, West; «Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain» for the colours of the rainbow; «i before e except after c».

### examples

- Mnemonics help me remember spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x1)
- «My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming» is a mnemonic for the planets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x2)
- Our teacher taught us mnemonics for the rainbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x3)
- «BIG ELEPHANTS CAN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND SMALL ELEPHANTS» is a mnemonic for «because». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x4)
- Make up your own mnemonics for times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x5)
- Mnemonics make hard lists easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/#x6)

### note

The first m is silent: say «ni-MON-iks». One trick is «a mnemonic»; several are «mnemonics». Spelling trap: it starts m-n.

### Trees and pragmatics

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