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# phantom

«phantom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural phantoms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/#m1)

2) Something that seems to be there but is not real. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a phantom flies off and leads a hero on a chase

### examples

- A phantom rode across the marsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/#x1)
- The prince chased a phantom all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/#x2)
- The phantom vanished at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; a phantom is not a real thing to count.

### Trees and pragmatics

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