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# mourning

«mourning» in Mova's school dictionary: **Great sadness shown after someone dies** — 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 (mourning — uncountable); verb form (present participle of mourn)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Great sadness shown after someone dies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#m1)

2) The time when people show sadness after a death, often with special customs or black clothes: a period of mourning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#m2)

3) (verb form) -ing form of «mourn»: they are mourning their grandad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news «in mourning» tells the reader that a family or country is grieving. Some cultures wear black or white clothes for mourning. In everyday kindness, people send cards to those who are mourning. Phrases: in mourning, a day of mourning, wear mourning.

### examples

- The whole town was in mourning after the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x1)
- They wore black as a sign of mourning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x2)
- The country held a day of mourning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x3)
- She is still mourning her old cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x4)
- The flags flew at half-mast for mourning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x5)
- It is natural to feel sad when you are mourning someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x6)
- We were quiet out of respect for the mourning family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x7)
- There was great mourning throughout the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mourning/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Homophone trap: «mourning» (sadness after death) sounds the same as «morning» (early part of the day) in most accents. Verb: mourn, mourned. A person who mourns is a «mourner».

### In the corpora

- [Americans celebrate Thanksgiving every November, and for many Native people it is also a day of mourning for what followed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/9/)
- [In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.185/)
- [Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.444/)
- [I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.620/)
- [Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.700/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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