corrupted
part of speech
adjective (corrupted); verb (corrupt, corrupts, corrupted, corrupting — corrupted is the past form)
meaning for a pupil
1) (computing) A corrupted file or piece of data has been damaged, so it cannot open or works wrongly. tree →
2) Corrupted means made dishonest or morally bad, especially by money or power. tree →
3) A corrupted word or text has been changed from its original form, often by mistake. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday computer use: «the file is corrupted» means it is broken; keep backups. In stories and history, a hero or ruler can be corrupted by power or greed. In language lessons, many place names are corrupted forms of older words. Phrases: «a corrupted file», «corrupted by power», «corrupted data».
examples
- My game save got corrupted, and I lost all my progress. tree →
- The photos were corrupted when the memory card was pulled out. tree →
- In the story, the good king was corrupted by greed. tree →
- Power corrupted the leader, and he began to lie. tree →
- The name of the town is a corrupted form of an old Viking word. tree →
- A virus corrupted files on the school computer. tree →
note
Adjective corrupt (a corrupt official = dishonest, takes bribes) is the usual adjective for people; corrupted is used for files and for something that has been changed for the worse. Nouns: corruption.
In the corpora
- And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
- They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.
- As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «corrupted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.