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# speechless

«speechless» in Mova's school dictionary: **unable to speak, usually from surprise, shock or wonder** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Speechless means unable to speak, usually from surprise, shock or wonder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes characters so amazed that they cannot say a word, as in the surprised King and Queen in a tale

### examples

- The King was speechless with surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x1)
- I was speechless when I saw the gift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x2)
- The crowd stood speechless at the sight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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