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# symptom

«symptom» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sign of an illness that a person feels or notices, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a symptom, symptoms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sign of an illness that a person feels or notices, like a fever, cough or headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#m1)

2) A sign that something bad exists: Litter is a symptom of a careless town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons symptoms help doctors find out what illness you have: a high temperature, rash, sore throat. In safety and first aid you learn the symptoms of sunstroke, allergies or a cold. In news, a «symptom» of a problem is a sign of it.

### examples

- A runny nose is a symptom of a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x1)
- Tell the doctor about all your symptoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x2)
- Fever and a rash are symptoms of chickenpox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x3)
- His symptoms got better after a day in bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x4)
- If you have symptoms of an allergy, tell an adult straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x5)
- Long queues are a symptom of too few staff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/symptom/#x6)

### note

Spelling: symp-tom (silent p is said lightly). A symptom is what you feel; a sign is what a doctor sees or measures. Adjective: symptomatic.

### In the corpora

- [Bats can carry rabies, a disease that is deadly once symptoms start but can be prevented with injections given soon after a bite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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