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# oboist

«oboist» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who plays the oboe, a woodwind instrument with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an oboist, oboists)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who plays the oboe, a woodwind instrument with a double reed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in music lessons and concerts: in an orchestra the oboist often plays the note "A" that all the other players tune to.

### examples

- The oboist played the tuning note for the orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x1)
- My sister wants to be an oboist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x2)
- The oboist practised the solo all week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x3)
- An oboist makes her own reeds from cane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x4)
- The duck's tune in "Peter and the Wolf" is played by the oboist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x5)
- The orchestra has two oboists. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboist/#x6)

### note

"An oboist" (an, because it starts with a vowel sound). Pronounced "OH-boh-ist". The instrument is the "oboe". Other players: flautist, clarinettist, bassoonist.

### Trees and pragmatics

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