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# token

«token» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round piece of metal or plastic used instead of a coin…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a token, tokens); adjective (token)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A token is a round piece of metal or plastic used instead of a coin, for example in games or machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#m1)

2) A token is a card or voucher that you can exchange for goods: a book token (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#m2)

3) A token of something is a sign or symbol of a feeling: a token of thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#m3)

4) As an adjective, token means small and done only for show: a token effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#m4)

5) (computers) A token is a piece of text or a code that a program reads or that proves who you are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In board games you move your token around the board. In money lessons tokens are like vouchers. In stories a ring or flower can be a token of love. Phrases: a token of thanks, by the same token (for the same reason), a token gesture.

### examples

- Put a token in the slot to play the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x1)
- I got a book token for my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x2)
- She gave him a flower as a token of thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x3)
- Move your token three squares forward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x4)
- He made only a token effort to tidy his room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x5)
- By the same token, you must help too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x6)
- The program splits the sentence into tokens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x7)
- “This is a token of my thanks!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/token/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. «Token» as an adjective (token effort) means not real or serious. «By the same token» = for the same reason. In language models, a token is a small piece of text.

### In the corpora

- [I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.230/)
- [But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.604/)
- [That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.998/)
- [Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.558/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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