allusion

«allusion» in Mova's school dictionary: a short mention of a story, person or event that points… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (allusions)

meaning for a pupil

An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant». tree →

sense in the lessons

in reading lessons, a hint to another story or to history that the reader must spot, such as «an allusion to Greek myth»

examples

• The poem makes an allusion to a famous king. tree →
• Did you spot the allusion to the three little pigs? tree →
• The early Greek poets make only scanty allusions to Erebus. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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