confederate

«confederate» in Mova's school dictionary: a helper who works secretly with someone else, usually in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (confederates)

meaning for a pupil

1) A confederate is a helper who works secretly with someone else, usually in a trick or a plot. tree →

2) (old use) A confederate is a partner or ally in a shared cause. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a helper who works with a performer or a villain in a trick, often out of sight of the audience or the victim

examples

• The magician's confederate hid behind the curtain. tree →
• Two confederates whispered the answer to him. tree →
• The robber waited at the gate for his confederate. tree →
• A confederate of the conjuror pretended to be a member of the crowd. tree →

note

nothing for maths; a confederate is one person, so each one adds one to a count of people.

Trees and pragmatics

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