bailiwick

«bailiwick» in Mova's school dictionary: A person's area of skill, interest or responsibility:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (bailiwick, bailiwicks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person's area of skill, interest or responsibility: «Maths is her bailiwick». tree →

2) (UK, law) The area ruled by a bailiff; today Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands are each called a Bailiwick. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in jokey or formal talk about who is in charge of what; in geography, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Phrases: «outside my bailiwick».

examples

• Fixing computers is Dad's bailiwick. tree →
• Jersey is a Bailiwick, not part of the UK. tree →
• Sorry, that's outside my bailiwick. tree →
• The garden is Grandma's bailiwick. tree →
• Guernsey and its islands form a Bailiwick. tree →
• Planning the trip is my bailiwick this year. tree →

note

Old-fashioned or jokey; everyday: «area», «job», «thing». Capital B when naming Jersey or Guernsey.

Trees and pragmatics

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