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# mutiny

«mutiny» in Mova's school dictionary: **a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural mutinies); verb (mutinies, mutinied, mutinying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mutiny is a rebellion, when a group of sailors or soldiers refuse to obey their leader and fight against him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mutiny/#m1)

2) To mutiny is to take part in such a rebellion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mutiny/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in sea stories, a rebellion against the captain; in lessons, a group refusing to follow orders

### examples

- “Is this mutiny?” asked Hook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mutiny/#x1)
- The sailors planned a mutiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mutiny/#x2)
- The crew decided to mutiny at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mutiny/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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