candy

«candy» in Mova's school dictionary: a sweet food made with sugar, like a lollipop or a toffee — 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

noun (candy, candies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Candy is a sweet food made with sugar, like a lollipop or a toffee. In the UK and Ireland it is called sweets, and in Australia and New Zealand lollies. tree →

2) A candy is one piece of it. tree →

sense in the lessons

a thing counted, shared, eaten or given; often split into equal bags; at Halloween children collect candy; phrases: «a piece of candy», «candy bar», «cotton candy» (candyfloss), «candy cane»

examples

• Bobby had 30 pieces of candy. tree →
• He ate 12 pieces of candy. tree →
• She shares 24 candies equally among 4 friends. tree →
• How many candies did they have in all? tree →
• We got lots of candy on Halloween. tree →
• Too much candy is bad for your teeth. tree →
• A candy cane is red and white. tree →
• Never take candy from a stranger. tree →
• Green candy and green pop-corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts. tree →

note

Uncountable (some candy) and countable (candies). A thing counted. «ate», «gave away» take away; «shares equally» divides. Trap: «pieces of candy» counts the pieces, not a different thing.

In the corpora

• Popping candy works differently: gas is trapped inside hard sugar and pops out as the sugar melts.
• Medicine should always be called medicine, not candy or sweets, so children do not look for more.
• Medicine should be called medicine, never candy or sweets.
• Medicine is not candy.
• Call medicine «medicine», never sweets or candy, so small children do not look for more.

Trees and pragmatics

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