alexander

«alexander» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (Alexander — a boy's name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Alexander is a boy's first name; short forms are Alex, Al, Xander and Sandy. tree →

2) Alexander the Great was a famous king of ancient Macedonia who built a huge empire. tree →

3) Alexander is also a family name. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and maths word problems Alexander is just a character's name; it tells nothing about the numbers. In history lessons pupils may learn about Alexander the Great and the city of Alexandria in Egypt, named after him.

examples

• Alexander has three more stickers than Ben. tree →
• My friend Alexander likes to be called Alex. tree →
• Alexander the Great led his army as far as India. tree →
• Alexander scored the winning goal. tree →
• The city of Alexandria is named after Alexander. tree →
• Alexander shared 12 sweets equally with his sister. tree →
• After that, Alexander and Bucephalus were the best of friends. tree →

note

A name, so always written with a capital A. The girl's form is Alexandra. In word problems, treat it as a person: «he», «his».

In the corpora

• Then Alexander the Great carried Greek ideas from Egypt to India.
• Uranus's moons are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope, such as Miranda, Titania and Oberon.
• Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, in 1928.
• Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alexander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.