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# trice

«trice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very short time, a moment** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (only in the phrase 'in a trice')

### meaning for a pupil

A trice is a very short time, a moment. 'In a trice' means at once, very quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales people act 'in a trice', meaning in a moment, without delay

### examples

- In a trice the dog was gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trice/#x1)
- Out of the carriage she jumped in a trice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trice/#x2)
- Give me a trice to find my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; 'in a trice' gives no time or count.

### Trees and pragmatics

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