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# sweet

«sweet» in Mova's school dictionary: **tasting like sugar or honey** — 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

adjective, noun (sweet, sweeter, sweetest; sweets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sweet means tasting like sugar or honey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#m1)

2) Sweets (UK) are candies; a sweet is one candy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#m2)

3) A sweet (UK) is a dessert, the sweet dish at the end of a meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#m3)

4) Sweet means kind and gentle: a sweet smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#m4)

5) Sweet means pleasant or cute: a sweet puppy, a sweet smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: sweets are things counted, shared and eaten: sharing equally means divide, eating takes away. Health: too many sweets are bad for your teeth. Science: our tongue tastes sweet, sour, salty and bitter. Everyday: have a sweet tooth (like sugary food), sweet dreams.

### examples

- Tom has 20 sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x1)
- He shares his sweets equally among 4 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x2)
- She ate 3 sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x3)
- A bag of sweets costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x4)
- Honey tastes sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x5)
- Brush your teeth after eating sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x6)
- What a sweet little kitten! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x7)
- Goodnight, sweet dreams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x8)
- My brother has a sweet tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x9)
- The blooming lychnis exhaled sweet odours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweet/#x10)

### note

Adjective: sweet, sweeter, sweetest; noun «sweets» (UK) = candy (US). «Sweets» is the thing counted; sharing equally means divide, eating takes away. The adjective gives no clue. Trap: «sweet» sounds like «suite» (a set of rooms or furniture).

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/15/)
- [Diabetes is not caused by eating one too many sweets, and with care people with diabetes live normal lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/8/)
- [Vapes are made colourful and sweet-tasting, and selling them to under-18s is against the law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/10/)
- ["Sweet as," says Dad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/8/)
- [Real rabbits are built for grass and hay, and carrots are only a small sweet treat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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