admire
part of speech
verb (admire, admires, admired, admiring)
meaning for a pupil
1) To admire someone is to think they are very good, clever or brave and to respect them. tree →
2) To admire something is to look at it with pleasure because it is beautiful or well done. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and English lessons, pupils write about people they admire, like inventors, explorers or people who helped others. In art, children admire each other's work and give kind comments. In everyday life, people stop to admire a view. Phrases: «I admire you for», «admire the view», «look up to».
examples
- I admire my grandma because she is so brave. tree →
- We stopped to admire the view from the top. tree →
- Everyone admired her painting. tree →
- He admires footballers who play fair. tree →
- I admire how hard you worked. tree →
- They admired the sunset over the sea. tree →
- Which famous scientist do you admire? tree →
- The visitors admired the old castle. tree →
- "I admire his wisdom," replied the girl. tree →
note
Past form: admired. Noun: admiration; adjective: admirable. «Admire» is stronger than «like». Do not confuse with «admit» (say something is true).
In the corpora
- The book also calls her «very ugly»: judging people by their looks is an old habit we do not admire today.
- Washed and in the Rat's clothes, he admires himself and wonders how anybody could ever have taken him for a washerwoman.
- Younger siblings copy older ones because they admire them and learn by watching.
- Some people make up stories about themselves to be liked or admired, but real friends like you for who you really are.
- A person can be scared of someone and admire them at the same time.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «admire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.