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# sentiment

«sentiment» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling or opinion about something: «I share your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sentiment, sentiments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling or opinion about something: «I share your sentiment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#m1)

2) Tender, emotional feelings such as love, pity or nostalgia, sometimes too much: «There's no room for sentiment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#m2)

3) (formal) A thought expressed in words, such as in a card: «a lovely sentiment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: birthday cards have sentiments, «I agree with the sentiment». In English lessons: writers show sentiment through words. In news and the exam voice: «public sentiment», meaning what people feel. Phrases: «public sentiment», «share the sentiment», «a kind sentiment», «sentimental».

### examples

- The card had a lovely sentiment inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x1)
- I share your sentiment: homework should be shorter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x2)
- Public sentiment was against closing the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x3)
- She kept her old teddy for sentiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x4)
- Grandma's speech was full of sentiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x5)
- The coach said there was no room for sentiment in picking the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x6)
- It's a nice sentiment, but will it work? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x7)
- I have all kinds of beautiful sentiments myself, so there is a great sympathy between us.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentiment/#x8)

### note

Countable for opinions (sentiments); uncountable for emotional feeling in general. Adjective: «sentimental» (full of tender feelings, sometimes too much). Spelling: senti-ment.

### Trees and pragmatics

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