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# sweetened

«sweetened» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made sweet by adding sugar, honey or another sweet thing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past tense and past participle of «sweeten» (sweeten, sweetens, sweetened, sweetening); adjective (sweetened)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made sweet by adding sugar, honey or another sweet thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#m1)

2) Made more pleasant or more attractive, like a deal that has been sweetened with a bonus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and food lessons pupils compare «sweetened» drinks (with added sugar) and «unsweetened» ones; labels say «no added sugar». In everyday talk «they sweetened the deal» means they added something to make an offer better. Phrases: «sweetened with honey», «artificially sweetened», «sweetened drinks», «sweetened the deal».

### examples

- She sweetened her tea with honey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x1)
- Sweetened drinks are bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x2)
- This yoghurt is sweetened with fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x3)
- The shop sweetened the deal by adding a free toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x4)
- Choose unsweetened cereal for a healthier breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x5)
- Some drinks are artificially sweetened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x6)
- The tart was sweetened with apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x7)
- This took him some time, but at length he came to a lake whose waters were sweetened with sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sweetened/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: sweeten → sweetened. Opposite: «unsweetened». Read labels: «sweetened» means sugar or sweetener was added. Do not mix up «sweetener» (a sweet substance) and «sweetened».

### Trees and pragmatics

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