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# rave

«rave» in Mova's school dictionary: **To talk with great excitement and praise about something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (rave, raves, raved, raving); noun (a rave, raves); adjective (rave — rave reviews)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To talk with great excitement and praise about something you like: «She raved about the film.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#m1)

2) To talk wildly or angrily, as if not thinking clearly: «He was raving about aliens.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#m2)

3) (noun) A big party with loud electronic dance music, often all night, mainly for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#m3)

4) (adjective) Full of praise: «The show got rave reviews.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#m4)

5) (UK slang, old) «Raving mad» means completely crazy; «a raver» is someone who goes to raves or loves partying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life people rave about food, games and books; in reviews «rave reviews» means critics loved it; in stories raving characters seem angry or confused. Phrases: «rave about», «rave reviews», «stark raving mad», «go to a rave».

### examples

- Everyone is raving about the new burger place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x1)
- The play got rave reviews in the papers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x2)
- He was raving about how unfair the referee was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x3)
- My older cousin went to a rave and danced till morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x4)
- Mum raved about the view from the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x5)
- The storm made the sea rave against the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x6)
- «Stark raving mad» is an old way of saying completely crazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x7)
- I thought you had something really interesting to tell me instead of raving about some unknown damsel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rave/#x8)

### note

Countable noun (a rave, raves). «Rave about» or «rave over» = praise loudly. Raves are adult events; they are often noisy and late at night. Do not confuse with «raven» (a large black bird).

### Trees and pragmatics

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