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# playground

«playground» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place outside where children play, with swings, slides…** — 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 (playground, playgrounds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A playground is a place outside where children play, with swings, slides and climbing frames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#m1)

2) A school playground is the yard where pupils play at break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place where children are counted or move in and out; its area or perimeter. In everyday life and safety: taking turns on the swings, playground rules. In school: recess (USA) or break time (UK) in the playground. In stories: making new friends in the playground.

### examples

- There are 20 children on the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x1)
- 5 children left the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x2)
- The playground is 30 meters long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x3)
- It has 4 swings and 2 slides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x4)
- Take turns on the slide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x5)
- We play tag in the playground at break time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x6)
- Wear shoes on the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x7)
- A new playground opened in our park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x8)
- Tell a teacher if someone is hurt in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x9)
- One morning, when the prince had done his lessons, he ran out to call his friend, and they both hurried off to the lawn which was their usual playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playground/#x10)

### note

A place, not a number. Children coming and going: add and subtract. Trap: the size of the playground is a measure, not a count. Americans often say «on the playground», the British «in the playground». Safety: no pushing on climbing frames; wait until the swing stops before walking past.

### In the corpora

- [Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/13/)
- [Serious accusations belong to courts and investigations, not to jokes in the playground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/25/)
- [Any big girl in the playground is jiějie to the little ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/4/)
- [The playground is where you learn fastest, because everyone is shouting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/0/)
- [It is not wrong, just a different place: playground or homework.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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