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# nice

«nice» in Mova's school dictionary: **pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day»** — 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

adjective (nice, nicer, nicest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Nice means pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#m1)

2) Nice means kind and friendly: «She is nice to everyone». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#m2)

3) Nice can mean good-looking or attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#m3)

4) Nice can be used to sound sarcastic: «Nice one!» after a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «nice» is one of the commonest words of praise: «Nice to meet you», «Have a nice day», «That's nice of you». In writing lessons, teachers ask pupils to choose stronger, more exact words instead of «nice» (delicious, sunny, generous). In safety, a stranger who seems nice may still be unsafe; being nice does not mean you must obey. Phrases: «nice and warm» (pleasantly warm), «nice to meet you».

### examples

- Have a nice day! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x1)
- It's nice to meet you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x2)
- That was nice of you to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x3)
- She's always nice to the younger children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x4)
- It's a nice sunny morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x5)
- The soup is nice and hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x6)
- Your drawing looks really nice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x7)
- Try a stronger word than «nice» in your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nice/#x8)

### note

Comparison: nicer, nicest. Adverb: «nicely». Do not confuse «nice» with «niece» (your brother's or sister's daughter). «Nice» (with capital N) is also a city in France, said «neece».

### In the corpora

- [Kind stories spread too, and they are the nicest sort of gossip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/22/)
- [Flattery about yourself is not true just because it is nice; you thank people and stay honest about your limits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/14/)
- [It is not a nice story, but it is a true one, and it is better to know.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/2/)
- [Toad is rich, the Rat says, and it's one of the nicest houses around — though they never tell Toad that.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/9/)
- [And in my nice clean barge, too!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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