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# string

«string» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thin cord used for tying things** — 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

noun, verb (string, strings, strung, stringing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A string is a thin cord used for tying things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#m1)

2) A string is one of the tight wires or threads on a guitar, violin or piano that make sounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#m2)

3) A string of things is a row of them on a thread, like a string of beads, or a series: a string of wins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#m3)

4) To string is to put things on a thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#m4)

5) «No strings attached» means with no hidden conditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a length measured or cut into pieces; strings on a guitar or of beads; using string to measure curved lines. Music: string instruments. Computers: a string is a row of letters. Everyday: a ball of string, pull strings, string beans.

### examples

- She has 20 meters of string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x1)
- He cut the string into 4 equal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x2)
- A guitar has 6 strings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x3)
- Each string has 15 beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x4)
- Tie the parcel with string. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x5)
- Use a piece of string to measure round the plate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x6)
- The violin is a string instrument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x7)
- We strung lights across the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x8)
- The strings are snapped; I've nothing to play on!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/string/#x9)

### note

Countable or uncountable: a piece of string, two strings. Past strung. A length to cut: cutting into equal pieces means divide. Trap: cutting a string into 4 pieces takes 3 cuts, not 4.

### In the corpora

- [Orchestras usually seat the quieter strings at the front and the louder brass and percussion at the back, to balance the sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/12/)
- [The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/5/)
- [The guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither with strings over movable bridges, played in China for over 2,000 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/15/)
- [In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/10/)
- [The sitar has sympathetic strings that nobody plucks; they vibrate by themselves when matching notes are played.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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