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# seb

«seb» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short form of the boy's name Sebastian** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Seb — a name); abbreviation (SEB — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Seb is a short form of the boy's name Sebastian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#m1)

2) Not an ordinary English word in lower case; as letters it can be an abbreviation used by organisations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and school lists, «Seb» is a friendly nickname for Sebastian. Nothing else common.

### examples

- Seb is my best friend in Year 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#x1)
- Sebastian likes to be called Seb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#x2)
- «Pass the ball, Seb!» shouted the coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#x3)
- Seb's birthday party is on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seb/#x4)

### note

A name: write it with a capital S. Pronounced like the start of «Sebastian». It is not an English word on its own.

### Trees and pragmatics

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