comedian

«comedian» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling… — 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 comedian, comedians)

meaning for a pupil

1) A comedian is a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or doing funny things, on stage, on TV or in films. tree →

2) A comedian is also anyone who is always being funny (a class comedian). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life comedians perform stand-up comedy or act in funny shows. At school «the class comedian» or «class clown» likes to make others laugh. Phrases: stand-up comedian, a famous comedian, a bit of a comedian.

examples

• The comedian told a joke and everyone laughed. tree →
• My uncle wants to be a stand-up comedian. tree →
• Charlie Chaplin was a famous comedian in silent films. tree →
• Tom is a bit of a comedian in our class. tree →
• The comedian made funny faces on TV. tree →
• A good comedian knows when to pause. tree →

note

Countable: a comedian, comedians. Stress: co-ME-di-an. Related: comedy, comic. «Comedienne» is an older word for a female comedian; today «comedian» is used for everyone.

In the corpora

• An impression copies how a famous person talks and moves; comedians in many countries have mocked leaders for hundreds of years.

Trees and pragmatics

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