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# officer

«officer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people…** — 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 (an officer, officers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An officer is a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people safe and make them obey the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#m1)

2) An officer is a person with a high rank in the army, navy or air force who gives orders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#m2)

3) An officer is a person with an important job in an organisation: a school safety officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, a police officer in uniform is a safe person to ask for help if you are lost; you can call emergency numbers (911 in the USA and Canada, 999 or 112 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in NZ). In stories: brave officers, captains and detectives. Phrases: police officer, fire officer, officer in charge, «Yes, officer».

### examples

- The police officer helped me find my mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x1)
- If you are lost, ask a police officer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x2)
- The officer gave orders to the soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x3)
- An officer came to talk to our class about road safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x4)
- The ship's officer checked our tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x5)
- «Thank you, Officer,» she said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x6)
- Fire officers put out the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x7)
- The officer wore a badge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officer/#x8)

### note

Countable; starts with a vowel sound, so say «an officer». Do not confuse with «office» (a place where people work). Trap: a person who just says they are a police officer but has no uniform or badge may not be one; check with a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- [Police officers are people you can go to for help if you are lost or scared.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/4/)
- ["Correctional officer" is the US official word for a prison guard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/6/)
- ["Officer-involved shooting" is a US official phrase meaning police shot someone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/19/)
- [Safe adults to ask include police officers, shop workers with badges, security guards, and parents with children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/10/)
- [Police officers, firefighters and paramedics are there to help children who are in trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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