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# spoiler

«spoiler» in Mova's school dictionary: **information that tells you what happens in a story, film…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a spoiler, spoilers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A spoiler is information that tells you what happens in a story, film or game, especially the ending, before you have seen it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#m1)

2) A spoiler on a car or plane is a flat part that changes the air flow to keep it steady or slow it down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#m2)

3) (politics) A spoiler is a candidate who cannot win but takes votes away from another candidate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#m3)

4) A spoiler is someone who spoils things for others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and online, people write «spoiler alert!» before giving away an ending, so others can stop reading. In science and design, spoilers on race cars push them down onto the road. Phrases: «spoiler alert», «no spoilers», «spoiler-free review», «rear spoiler».

### examples

- No spoilers, please, I haven't finished the book! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x1)
- Spoiler alert: the wolf does not get the pigs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x2)
- My brother told me the ending, what a spoiler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x3)
- The racing car has a big spoiler at the back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x4)
- Planes raise spoilers on the wings to slow down after landing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x5)
- This review is spoiler-free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x6)
- Don't be a spoiler, let her guess the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoiler/#x7)

### note

Countable: a spoiler, spoilers. From the verb «spoil». Be kind online: mark spoilers so you don't ruin a story for others.

### In the corpora

- [A spoiler is when someone tells you the ending before you get there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/21/)
- [A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.418/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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