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# sibyl

«sibyl» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sibyls)

### meaning for a pupil

A sibyl is, in old stories, a woman who was believed to be able to foretell the future. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibyl/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in classical tales a sibyl is a prophetess who gives wise or mysterious warnings, often written down in books.

### examples

- After the books were sold, the Sibyl vanished and was seen no more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibyl/#x1)
- The sibyl warned the king of the coming storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sibyl/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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