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# pedestrian

«pedestrian» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is walking, especially in a street, not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pedestrian, pedestrians); adjective (pedestrian)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a street, not riding or driving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#m1)

2) (adjective) For people who walk: a pedestrian crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#m2)

3) (adjective) Dull and ordinary, with nothing special. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in road safety lessons: pedestrians use the pavement (sidewalk) and cross at a pedestrian crossing (crosswalk, zebra crossing). Drivers must give way to pedestrians at crossings. Phrases: "pedestrian crossing", "pedestrian zone".

### examples

- Pedestrians should use the crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x1)
- Stop, look and listen before you cross as a pedestrian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x2)
- The town centre is a pedestrian zone with no cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x3)
- The car stopped to let the pedestrians cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x4)
- Wear bright clothes at night so drivers can see pedestrians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x5)
- The bridge is for pedestrians and bikes only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x6)
- His story was rather pedestrian and a bit boring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x7)
- On his way a chariot passed him, in which sat an old man with two servants, who rudely pushed the pedestrian out of the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedestrian/#x8)

### note

Countable: a pedestrian. UK "pedestrian crossing / zebra crossing", USA "crosswalk". "Pedestrian" comes from the Latin for "foot".

### In the corpora

- [Some crows in Japan drop nuts at pedestrian crossings for cars to crack and pick them up safely when the lights stop the traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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