asia

«asia» in Mova's school dictionary: the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (Asia)

meaning for a pupil

Asia is the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people. China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are in Asia. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a place in a story; sometimes trips, distances or countries counted. In geography: Asia has the highest mountain, Mount Everest, and more people than any other continent. In science: animals of Asia include tigers, pandas and elephants. Phrases: in Asia, across Asia, South Asia, East Asia.

examples

• Asia is the largest continent. tree →
• He traveled 3,000 miles across Asia. tree →
• The class studied 6 countries in Asia. tree →
• Their trip to Asia lasted 2 weeks. tree →
• Mount Everest is in Asia. tree →
• Giant pandas live in the forests of China in Asia. tree →
• More people live in Asia than on any other continent. tree →
• Rice is an important food in much of Asia. tree →
• "There are the Himalayas, the highest mountains in Asia," said the East Wind. tree →

note

Always written with a capital A: Asia. Adjective «Asian». Asia is a continent, not a country. A word of the story only; no clue to the operation.

In the corpora

• The common pheasant in British fields was brought from Asia long ago for hunting.
• Only monkeys of the Americas have gripping tails; no monkey of Africa or Asia can hang by its tail.
• Oranges came from Asia and spread along trade routes; in English the colour orange was named after the fruit.
• The longest snake is the reticulated python of Southeast Asia, and the heaviest is the green anaconda of South America.
• There are eight kinds of pangolin, four in Asia and four in Africa.

Trees and pragmatics

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