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# sedate

«sedate» in Mova's school dictionary: **Calm, slow and quiet, without excitement** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sedate, more sedate, most sedate); verb (sedate, sedates, sedated, sedating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Calm, slow and quiet, without excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#m1)

2) (verb, medicine) To give a person or animal a drug that makes them calm or sleepy, for example before an operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a "sedate pace" is a slow, calm speed. In medicine, vets sedate animals so they can treat them, and doctors may sedate patients. In stories, a sedate character is calm and proper. Phrases: a sedate pace, sedate life, sedated for the operation.

### examples

- We walked at a sedate pace through the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x1)
- Grandma lives a sedate life in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x2)
- The vet sedated the dog before cleaning its teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x3)
- The zoo keepers sedated the tiger to move it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x4)
- The old horse trotted along at a sedate speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x5)
- He was sedated during the operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x6)
- He did not even turn round, for he could not; and yet he was young and freshly cast, but prudent and sedate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedate/#x7)

### note

Pronounced "si-DATE". Noun: sedation; a drug that sedates is a sedative. Sedate (calm) is not the same as "sedentary" (sitting a lot).

### Trees and pragmatics

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