john
part of speech
noun (John — a name; john — slang for a toilet, American)
meaning for a pupil
1) John is a boy's or man's name, one of the most common in English. tree →
2) In American slang, the john means the toilet. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, a name of a person in the story only. In stories and history, many kings, saints and famous people are called John. Phrases: «John Doe» (American, for an unknown person).
examples
- Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Some are of the opinion that John Reuchlin, while others maintain that Paul Riccius was the author of it. (See Wolfii Biblioth. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- John has 10 apples. tree →
- John buys 4 more. tree →
- John is 3 years older than Mary. tree →
- John and his sister walk to school together. tree →
- King John lived in England long ago. tree →
- John's football shirt has the number 9. tree →
note
As a name, write it with a capital J: John. Short forms: Johnny, Jack. A name only; it carries no clue. Keep track of whose amount is John's. Trap: «John is 3 years older than Mary» means add 3 to Mary's age to get John's.
In the corpora
- "The john" is American slang for the toilet.
- In 1215 English barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, which said that even the king must obey the law.
- John's Gospel calls Jesus' miracles «signs», because they point to who Jesus is.
- At a wedding in Cana Jesus turned water into wine when the wine ran out; John calls it his first sign.
- The First Letter of John in the Bible says «God is love» (1 John 4:8).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «john» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.