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# pennant

«pennant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, narrow flag shaped like a triangle, used on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pennant, pennants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pennant is a long, narrow flag shaped like a triangle, used on ships, at sports grounds or as decoration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#m1)

2) (US, sport) A pennant is the title of the winner of a baseball league, and the flag that marks it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: pennants hang at sports grounds, schools and parties. In maths: a pennant is a triangle shape; work out its area. In US sport: win the pennant. Phrases: win the pennant, a string of pennants.

### examples

- The ship flew a red pennant from its mast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x1)
- We hung coloured pennants around the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x2)
- Each team had its own pennant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x3)
- The Boston team won the pennant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x4)
- Cut out a pennant that is 30 cm long and 10 cm wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x5)
- Pennants flapped in the wind at the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pennant/#x6)

### note

Countable. In maths: a triangular pennant with base 10 cm and height 30 cm has area ½ × 10 × 30 = 150 cm². Do not confuse with "penance" or "pendant" (a jewel on a chain).

### Trees and pragmatics

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