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# solidarity

«solidarity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Standing together and supporting each other because you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (solidarity — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Standing together and supporting each other because you share the same goals, problems or feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#m1)

2) Support shown to a group in trouble by people who are not in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#m2)

3) Solidarity (with a capital S) was a Polish trade union and freedom movement led by Lech Wałęsa from 1980. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons solidarity explains trade unions, protests and how people help each other — for example wearing a colour in solidarity with a friend, or countries showing solidarity with Ukraine. In stories it shows a group sticking together. Phrases: «in solidarity with», «show solidarity», «a sign of solidarity».

### examples

- We wore odd socks in solidarity with children with Down syndrome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x1)
- The workers showed solidarity by striking together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x2)
- Many towns lit up in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x3)
- Solidarity in Poland helped end communist rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x4)
- Shaving their heads was an act of solidarity with their friend who had cancer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x5)
- The team felt real solidarity after the hard match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solidarity/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. From «solid» (standing firm together). Not the same as «solitude» (being alone).

### Trees and pragmatics

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