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# vertigo

«vertigo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dizzy feeling, as if the world is spinning or you might…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Vertigo is a dizzy feeling, as if the world is spinning or you might fall, often when you look down from a high place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertigo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a sudden dizziness or a spirit that makes people lose their balance and fall

### examples

- And now Vertigo was to seize Rudy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertigo/#x1)
- «Seize him, indeed,» cried Vertigo; «I cannot do it.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vertigo/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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