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# tidiness

«tidiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being neat and in order, with things put in their right…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tidiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tidiness is being neat and in order, with things put in their right places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#m1)

2) Tidiness is also the habit of keeping things neat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

At home and school tidiness means a clean desk, toys put away, and a neat bedroom. In stories it can show a careful, organised character. Teachers sometimes give marks for the tidiness of work. Phrases: tidiness of work, a love of tidiness.

### examples

- Mum praised me for the tidiness of my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x1)
- The teacher gives a star for tidiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x2)
- Tidiness helps you find things quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x3)
- His tidiness surprised his friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x4)
- Good tidiness in the kitchen keeps it safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x5)
- The tidiness of her handwriting made it easy to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidiness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: tidy (tidier, tidiest); verb: tidy up. The «y» changes to «i»: tidy → tidiness. Opposite: untidiness, messiness.

### Trees and pragmatics

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