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# saga

«saga» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long story about heroes and their great deeds, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sagas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long story about heroes and their great deeds, often told in old times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saga/#m1)

2) A long story about a family or group over many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saga/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a long tale of heroes and adventures passed down by word of mouth

### examples

- We read the Viking saga about brave Erik. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saga/#x1)
- The old saga tells of a hero who fought a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saga/#x2)
- Her family saga filled three books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saga/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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