desolation

«desolation» in Mova's school dictionary: a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living — 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

noun (desolations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. tree →

2) Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a land or town left ruined after a flood, war or storm.

examples

• The flood left only desolation behind. tree →
• We walked through the desolation of the burnt village. tree →
• Her desolation grew each day. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
• So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.
• In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.
• Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Trees and pragmatics

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