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# prodigy

«prodigy» in Mova's school dictionary: **amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prodigies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A child or person who is amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the same age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prodigy/#m1)

2) A very wonderful or amazing thing that is hard to believe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prodigy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a child with great power or skill, or a marvel; in lessons, a gifted pupil

### examples

- Mozart was a musical prodigy as a boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prodigy/#x1)
- Kintaro was a prodigy of strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prodigy/#x2)
- Our new girl is a maths prodigy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prodigy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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