chad

«chad» in Mova's school dictionary: a large country in north-central Africa; its capital is… — 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

proper noun (Chad); noun (a chad, chads); slang (a Chad)

meaning for a pupil

1) Chad is a large country in north-central Africa; its capital is N'Djamena and much of the north is Sahara desert. tree →

2) Chad is a man's name (a name). tree →

3) A chad is the tiny bit of paper punched out when you make a hole in a card or ballot paper. tree →

4) (slang, internet) A «Chad» is a joke name for a confident, sporty, popular young man. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Chad is a landlocked country (no coast) with Lake Chad, a lake that has shrunk a lot. In news and history, «hanging chads» on paper ballots once caused arguments about vote counting in the USA. In online slang, calling someone «a Chad» is teasing and can be mean. Phrases: «Lake Chad», «hanging chad».

examples

• Chad is a country in Africa with no coastline. tree →
• Lake Chad has become much smaller. tree →
• My cousin Chad plays rugby. tree →
• The hole punch left little chads all over the desk. tree →
• Online, some people call a show-off «a Chad». tree →
• We found Chad on the map, south of Libya. tree →

note

Capital C for the country and the name. The country is landlocked. The slang «Chad» is internet talk and may sound unkind; avoid it in school writing.

In the corpora

• People in Japan live into their mid-80s on average, while in Chad and some other poor countries life expectancy is in the 50s.

Trees and pragmatics

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