bachelor
part of speech
noun (a bachelor, bachelors)
meaning for a pupil
1) A man who is not married and never has been. tree →
2) (school) A first university degree, such as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc). tree →
3) (informal) A bachelor pad is a flat where an unmarried man lives. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in everyday talk about family and adult life, and in talk about university (a bachelor's degree). In stories, a bachelor uncle often lives alone. Phrases: bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science, a confirmed bachelor, bachelor party (US).
examples
- My uncle is a bachelor who lives with three cats. tree →
- My sister is studying for a bachelor's degree in science. tree →
- She has a Bachelor of Arts in history. tree →
- The prince was the most famous bachelor in the land. tree →
- The bachelor finally married at fifty. tree →
- Dad's friends threw him a bachelor party before the wedding. tree →
- A bachelor's degree usually takes three or four years. tree →
- And the butterfly became what is called an old bachelor. tree →
note
Spelling trap: bachelor has no t (not "batchelor"). For a woman, the old word was spinster, now rarely used; people just say "single". The degree is spelled with an apostrophe: bachelor's degree.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bachelor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.