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# repose

«repose» in Mova's school dictionary: **Rest, sleep or calm** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (repose — uncountable); verb (repose, reposes, reposed, reposing — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Rest, sleep or calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#m1)

2) (verb, formal) To lie down or rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#m2)

3) (verb, formal) To be kept or placed somewhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#m3)

4) (church) "The repose of the soul" means the peaceful rest of someone who has died; Christians pray for the repose of the souls of the dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

"Repose" is an old-fashioned, formal word found in poetry, classic books and church prayers. In stories, a face "in repose" is calm and still. In science, the "angle of repose" is the steepest slope a pile of sand or gravel can have before it slides. Phrases: in repose, angle of repose, repose of the soul.

### examples

- The cat lay in repose by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x1)
- Her face was peaceful in repose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x2)
- The jewels repose in a velvet box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x3)
- The priest prayed for the repose of Grandad's soul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x4)
- After the long walk, the travellers sought repose under a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x5)
- In science we measured the angle of repose of a pile of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x6)
- It was time to seek repose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repose/#x7)

### note

Formal or poetic; everyday words are "rest" and "lie". Do not confuse with "reposition" or "repost" (post again online). Uncountable noun.

### Trees and pragmatics

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