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# pole

«pole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up…** — 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 (pole, poles); also Pole (a person from Poland)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pole is a long thin stick, often of wood or metal, that stands up straight or is held. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#m1)

2) The North Pole and the South Pole are the most northern and southern points of the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#m2)

3) A magnet has two poles, north and south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#m3)

4) A Pole is a person from Poland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: poles along a line at equal gaps; the length of a pole; part of a pole in water or mud (fractions of a length). In science: the Earth's poles are very cold; magnets have poles — like poles push apart, unlike poles pull together. In everyday life: flagpoles, tent poles, fishing poles, telegraph poles. Phrases: «North Pole», «flagpole», «pole vault», «poles apart» (completely different).

### examples

- Poles are put every 5 m along a 50 m road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x1)
- A pole is 3 m long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x2)
- Part of the pole is in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x3)
- How many poles are needed? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x4)
- Santa is said to live at the North Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x5)
- Penguins live near the South Pole, not the North Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x6)
- The north pole of one magnet pulls the south pole of another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x7)
- We put up the tent with four poles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x8)
- "They're close to the North Pole," said George. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pole/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a pole». Do not confuse with «poll» (a vote). Maths: same as posts: on a line, poles = gaps + 1. Trap: dividing length by gap gives gaps, not poles.

### In the corpora

- [Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/5/)
- [Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/1/)
- [So they make a new sign for the sh-sound: a picture of the drying-poles themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/5/)
- [A tightrope walker carries a long pole because it helps her keep her centre of gravity over the rope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/12/)
- [In the UK zebra crossings have flashing orange globes on black and white poles, called Belisha beacons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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