bout

«bout» in Mova's school dictionary: A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bout, bouts)

meaning for a pupil

1) A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of flu, a bout of laughter. tree →

2) A short time of doing something hard: a bout of exercise. tree →

3) A boxing or wrestling match. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health it describes a short illness: a bout of tummy bug. In sport, a bout is a fight between two boxers or wrestlers. In stories: a bout of giggles. Phrases: a bout of, a coughing bout.

examples

• I had a bout of flu last week. tree →
• A bout of giggles stopped the lesson. tree →
• The boxing bout lasted three rounds. tree →
• She had a coughing bout during the play. tree →
• After a short bout of rain, the sun came out. tree →
• The wrestlers shook hands after the bout. tree →

note

Countable: a bout, bouts. Usually followed by «of». Do not confuse with about.

In the corpora

• "A session", in Ireland and Britain, means a long bout of heavy drinking.

Trees and pragmatics

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