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# striker

«striker» in Mova's school dictionary: **a player whose main job is to score goals** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a striker, strikers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In football (soccer), a striker is a player whose main job is to score goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#m1)

2) A striker is a worker who is on strike: refusing to work to protest about pay or conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#m2)

3) A striker is a person or thing that hits something, like the hammer that hits a bell or the part of a matchbox you strike a match on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and stories, strikers are the attacking players; reports count their goals. In history and news, strikers stand on picket lines. In maths problems, a striker's goals per match are averaged. Phrases: star striker, centre forward, top striker.

### examples

- Our striker scored three goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x1)
- The striker kicked the ball into the top corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x2)
- If a striker scores 12 goals in 6 games, that is 2 goals a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x3)
- The strikers held signs outside the factory gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x4)
- She plays as a striker for the girls' team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x5)
- Strike the match on the striker on the side of the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striker/#x6)

### note

Countable. From the verb strike. In football, the striker is also called a forward or centre forward. In cricket, the batter facing the ball is "on strike" — the "striker".

### Trees and pragmatics

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