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# skip

«skip» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move along with little hops and jumps** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, noun (skip, skips, skipped, skipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m1)

2) To skip rope (UK: skipping) is to jump over a turning rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m2)

3) To skip something is to leave it out or not do it: skip breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m3)

4) To skip count is to count by 2s, 5s or 10s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m4)

5) A skip (UK) is a big metal container for rubbish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m5)

6) To skip a place can mean to leave it quickly and run away from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: skip counting (2, 4, 6 ...) is repeated addition, the start of times tables; days or pages skipped are left out (subtract). Playground: skipping rope, skipping games and rhymes. Health: do not skip breakfast. Phrases: skip a turn, skip a class.

### examples

- Skip count by 5s to 50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x1)
- She skipped rope 80 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x2)
- He skipped 2 days of practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x3)
- How many pages did she read if she skipped 10? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x4)
- The children skipped happily down the lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x5)
- You skip a turn if you land on this square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x6)
- Don't skip breakfast before a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x7)
- The builders filled the skip with old bricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x8)
- You better go long an' git yo' kyarpet-sack and skip de town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skip/#x9)

### note

Doubles the p: skipped, skipping. Skip counting is repeated addition (multiplication); things skipped are left out (subtract). Trap: «skip every other number» means count by 2s. Trap: skipping class is not allowed.

### In the corpora

- [Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/11/)
- [You can understand a text well without knowing every word; skip, read on, then come back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/26/)
- [Ali skips the glossary and then gets stuck on «hibernate»: it means a long winter sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/15/)
- [You may skip a hard question and come back to it if there is time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/13/)
- [Breakfast gives the body and brain fuel for the morning; skipping it can leave you wobbly and unable to focus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/80-sleep-and-healthy-eating/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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