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# prowess

«prowess» in Mova's school dictionary: **great skill or bravery, especially in fighting or in sport** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Prowess is great skill or bravery, especially in fighting or in sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prowess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, the great courage or strength of a hero in battle or in contests

### examples

- The knight won fame by his prowess in battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prowess/#x1)
- They boasted of their prowess at wrestling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prowess/#x2)
- His prowess in war was marvellous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prowess/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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