cheer

«cheer» in Mova's school dictionary: to shout loudly to show you are pleased or to encourage… — 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

verb (cheer, cheers, cheered, cheering); noun (a cheer, cheers; cheer — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) To cheer is to shout loudly to show you are pleased or to encourage someone. tree →

2) A cheer is a shout of happiness, praise or support. tree →

3) To cheer someone up is to make them feel happier. tree →

4) To cheer up is to start feeling happier. tree →

5) Cheer (uncountable) is happiness and good spirits, as in Christmas cheer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, fans cheer for their team, and in the USA cheerleaders lead cheers with chants and moves. At school, the class may give three cheers for the winners. In feelings lessons, cheering up a sad friend with kind words or a drawing is a way to help. In stories, «the crowd cheered» tells the reader of a victory or happy moment. Phrases: «cheer on», «cheer for», «cheer up», «three cheers for», «hip hip hooray», «Cheers!» (said when drinking, and in the UK, Ireland and Australia also «thanks» or «bye»).

examples

• The crowd cheered when we scored. tree →
• Let's give three cheers for the birthday girl! tree →
• We cheered on our team from the side of the pitch. tree →
• I drew a card to cheer up my sick friend. tree →
• Cheer up! It's not that bad. tree →
• A loud cheer went up from the audience. tree →
• The lights filled the street with Christmas cheer. tree →
• "Cheers for the help," said my uncle. tree →

note

Regular verb: cheered. Adjective: cheerful; adverb: cheerfully. «Cheers» in British, Irish, Australian and NZ English can mean «thank you» or «goodbye». Do not confuse with «chair» or «cheek».

In the corpora

• The Dodo presents the thimble with "We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble", and they all cheer.
• The Rat's laughter and his gleaming pistols cheer the Mole up.
• At last, right above their heads, they hear cheering, stamping and glasses clinking — the weasels' party.
• All night they cheer each other on with «Excellent!» and «Won't Painted Jaguar be surprised!»
• Lonely older people are cheered by being noticed, and a check in bad weather may help in an emergency.

Trees and pragmatics

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