artificial

«artificial» in Mova's school dictionary: made by people, not natural — 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

meaning for a pupil

1) Artificial means made by people, not natural. tree →

2) Artificial means a copy of something natural: «artificial flowers». tree →

3) Artificial behaviour is not sincere; fake. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and design lessons: natural versus artificial (man-made) materials, artificial light, artificial sweeteners. In computing: artificial intelligence (AI) means computer programs that do tasks needing thinking. In stories, an «artificial smile» is fake.

examples

• The pitch is made of artificial grass. tree →
• Plastic is an artificial material. tree →
• We read by artificial light at night. tree →
• Artificial flowers never need water. tree →
• Artificial intelligence helps computers understand speech. tree →
• Her smile looked artificial. tree →
• This drink has no artificial colours. tree →
• Then the artificial bird had to sing alone. tree →

note

Spelling: arti-fi-cial (ends in «-cial»). Adverb: artificially. Opposite: natural. Not everything artificial is bad, and not everything natural is safe.

In the corpora

• In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, a metal ball that beeped as it circled the Earth.
• Artificial grass scrapes bare skin more than real grass, so long socks, leggings or sliding shorts protect the legs.

Trees and pragmatics

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