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# very

«very» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very makes a word stronger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (very); adjective (very)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very makes a word stronger. Very big means more than just big. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#m1)

2) As an adjective, very means exactly or just this one: the very same book, at the very top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#m2)

3) Not very means only a little: not very cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a story word that makes a describing word stronger; it gives no number and no operation; «the very first» means the first of all. In writing: try a stronger word instead of «very» (huge for very big, tiny for very small). Phrases: very much, very well, the very first, the very end, at the very least, very good.

### examples

- It was a very hot day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x1)
- The very first step is to count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x2)
- She was very happy with 10 stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x3)
- A very long rope is 40 m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x4)
- Thank you very much! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x5)
- I live at the very end of the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x6)
- The film was not very scary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x7)
- That is the very book I was looking for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x8)
- It is very important to wear a seatbelt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x9)
- “It is a very stupid story! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/very/#x10)

### note

Use «very» before adjectives and adverbs (very fast), not before verbs: say «I like it very much», not «I very like it». Carries no clue to the operation.

### In the corpora

- [Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/7/)
- [A final demand is a warning that a bill is very overdue and stronger action will follow, so acting early is easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/19/)
- [A mortgage is a very big bank loan to buy a house, paid back monthly for 25 years or more with interest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/16/)
- [Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/17/)
- ["Your room looks like a bomb's hit it" is an exaggeration meaning the room is very messy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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