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# pupil

«pupil» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher** — 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 (pupil, pupils)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pupil is a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m1)

2) A pupil is anyone who learns from a teacher, like a piano pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m2)

3) The pupil of the eye is the black circle in the middle that lets light in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted: pupils in a class, a school or on a bus; often shared into groups or rows; «each pupil» marks a rate. In school: «pupil» is common in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; Americans usually say «student». In science: the pupil gets smaller in bright light and bigger in the dark.

### examples

- There are 28 pupils in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x1)
- Each pupil gets 3 pencils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x2)
- The school has 4 classes with 25 pupils in each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x3)
- 6 pupils were absent, how many came? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x4)
- The pupils lined up for assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x5)
- The piano teacher has ten pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x6)
- Your pupils get smaller in bright light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x7)
- Shine a torch near your eye and watch the pupil shrink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x8)
- Every pupil wears a school uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x9)
- But the King's son said, "Master first, and pupil after." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x10)

### note

Pupils are people counted; «each pupil» marks a rate per pupil, so the total is often multiplied. Trap: the pupil of the eye is another meaning; it does not appear in counting problems, but it does in science. Pupils absent + pupils present = all the pupils. Safety: never look straight at the Sun.

### In the corpora

- [Accounts that post gossip about real pupils should not be followed or shared; they should be reported.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/11/)
- [Teachers know how their pupils usually write, so a sudden fancy style stands out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/8/)
- [Many schools now have rules for AI; written work usually must be the pupil's own.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/12/)
- [AI "detectors" exist, but they make mistakes and can wrongly accuse honest pupils.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/6/)
- [Teachers can often tell when work is not a pupil's own, by style, knowledge and mistakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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