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# rapture

«rapture» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of great joy and delight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (rapture, raptures; often uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling of great joy and delight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#m1)

2) «In raptures» or «go into raptures» means very excited and pleased about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#m2)

3) (church) For some Christians, especially in the USA, «the Rapture» is a belief that Christ will take believers up to heaven at the end of time; many other Christians do not hold this belief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character's rapture shows overwhelming happiness: Toad goes into raptures over motor-cars, crying «Poop-poop!»; Mole is in raptures at his first day on the river. Poems speak of rapture at beauty.

### examples

- Toad went into raptures over the motor-car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x1)
- The Mole gazed at the river in rapture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x2)
- She was in raptures about her new puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x3)
- The crowd cheered with rapture when the band came on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x4)
- Rapture filled her heart as she saw the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x5)
- He listened to the music in silent rapture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x6)
- (church) Some Christians believe in the Rapture; others do not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x7)
- "How gloriously it shines!" cried Jason, in a rapture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rapture/#x8)

### note

Adjective: rapturous («rapturous applause»). Do not confuse with «rupture» (a burst or break).

### Trees and pragmatics

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