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# moral

«moral» in Mova's school dictionary: **The lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (moral); noun (a moral, morals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) The lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches (the moral of the story). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#m1)

2) (adjective) To do with what is right and wrong (a moral choice). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#m2)

3) (adjective) Good, honest and fair (a very moral person). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#m3)

4) Morals (plural noun): a person's beliefs about right and wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#m4)

5) Moral support: help by being there and encouraging, not by doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons: fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" have a moral ("slow and steady wins the race"). In PSHE and RE: moral choices about honesty and kindness. Phrases: the moral of the story, moral support, moral choice.

### examples

- The moral of the story is: don't tell lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x1)
- Aesop's fables each end with a moral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x2)
- Telling the truth was the moral thing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x3)
- She came to the dentist with me for moral support. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x4)
- He is a man of strong morals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x5)
- Should you keep money you find? That's a moral question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x6)
- “Do you mean to say that the story has a moral?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moral/#x7)

### note

Stress on the first syllable: MOR-al. Do not confuse with "morale" (mor-AHL), meaning team spirit. Opposite adjective: immoral (wrong), amoral (without a sense of right and wrong). Noun "morality".

### In the corpora

- [A fable is a short story, often with animals, that teaches a lesson called a moral.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/23/)
- [Moral courage means standing up for what is right, for example speaking up for someone or admitting a mistake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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