antarctic

«antarctic» in Mova's school dictionary: the very cold region around the South Pole, including the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Antarctic); proper noun (the Antarctic — the region around the South Pole)

meaning for a pupil

1) The Antarctic is the very cold region around the South Pole, including the continent of Antarctica and the seas around it. tree →

2) Antarctic describes things from or about that region, like Antarctic ice or Antarctic animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography it is one of the polar regions, opposite to the Arctic at the North Pole. Antarctica is a continent covered in thick ice, with no towns and no people living there all the time; only scientists stay for a while. In science penguins, seals and whales live in or around the Antarctic. Phrases: «the Antarctic Circle», «the Antarctic Ocean» (Southern Ocean).

examples

• Penguins live in the Antarctic, not the Arctic. tree →
• The Antarctic is the coldest place on Earth. tree →
• Scientists study the Antarctic ice. tree →
• Antarctic winters are long and dark. tree →
• Explorers crossed the Antarctic on skis and sledges. tree →
• Whales feed in Antarctic waters in summer. tree →

note

Usually written with a capital A. Spelled «Antarctic» with a c in the middle: Ant-ARC-tic. Trap: polar bears live in the Arctic (north), penguins in the Antarctic (south); they never meet in the wild. Antarctica is land (a continent); the Arctic is mostly frozen ocean.

In the corpora

• The Antarctic ice sheet is over 4 km thick in places and holds about 70 per cent of the world's fresh water.
• The Arctic tern makes one of the longest migrations, flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year.

Trees and pragmatics

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