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# npc

«npc» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for "non-player character": a character in a video…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (NPC, NPCs); noun (an NPC)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (games) Short for "non-player character": a character in a video game controlled by the computer, not by a player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#m1)

2) (slang, rude) An insult for a person who seems boring, follows the crowd or does not think for themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used by gamers: shopkeepers, villagers and guards in games are often NPCs who repeat the same lines. Among teenagers, calling someone an "NPC" is an unkind insult. Phrases: "talk to the NPC", "NPC behaviour".

### examples

- Talk to the NPC in the village to get your next quest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x1)
- The NPC kept saying the same line over and over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x2)
- In Minecraft, villagers are NPCs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x3)
- That NPC sells potions and swords. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x4)
- "Stop acting like an NPC!" he said, which was mean. (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x5)
- Some NPCs in the game help you, others attack you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/npc/#x6)

### note

Say each letter: "en-pee-see"; "an NPC" (because "N" sounds like "en"). Plural "NPCs". The insult is unkind, like calling someone a robot.

### Trees and pragmatics

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