clinic

«clinic» in Mova's school dictionary: a place where people go to see a doctor, nurse or other… — 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 clinic, clinics)

meaning for a pupil

1) A clinic is a place where people go to see a doctor, nurse or other health worker, usually without staying overnight. tree →

2) A clinic is a session where experts give advice or teach skills, as in a football clinic or homework clinic. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health lessons you go to a clinic for check-ups, injections or for your pet at the vet's clinic. Phrases: «a dental clinic», «a health clinic», «a walk-in clinic», «a clinic appointment».

examples

• I had my injection at the clinic. tree →
• The vet's clinic is open until seven. tree →
• Mum took the baby to the health clinic. tree →
• The clinic sees 12 patients an hour; how many in 5 hours? tree →
• Our club runs a free tennis clinic. tree →
• The dental clinic sent a reminder about my check-up. tree →

note

Countable. A hospital is bigger and patients may stay overnight; a clinic is usually smaller. Adjective: clinical (to do with treating patients; also cold and unfeeling).

In the corpora

• "Went into treatment" means a person went to a clinic (rehab) to get help with an addiction.

Trees and pragmatics

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