donation

«donation» in Mova's school dictionary: something you give to help others, like money, food… — 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 (a donation, donations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A donation is something you give to help others, like money, food, clothes or toys, without being paid. tree →

2) A donation can be giving blood or an organ to help someone else. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, pupils collect donations for charity, food banks and fundraising days. In maths, donation problems involve adding up money. In health, adults can give blood donations. Phrases: make a donation, donation box, blood donation.

examples

• We made a donation to the animal shelter. tree →
• Put your coins in the donation box. tree →
• Our class collected tins of food as donations. tree →
• Thank you for your kind donation! tree →
• Dad gives blood donations to help people in hospital. tree →
• We collected 25 dollars on Monday and 30 on Tuesday, so the donations total 55 dollars. tree →

note

Countable noun. Verb: donate; person: donor. In maths, add donations to find the total. Always give to real charities, with a grown-up, because some people pretend to collect for charity.

In the corpora

• Many national museums and galleries in Britain are free to enter, paid for by taxes and donations; some charge for special exhibitions.
• Ask a parent before giving away old toys to younger children, a charity shop or a donation box.
• Charities and UN agencies use donations to buy food, medicine, blankets and generators for people in and around Ukraine.
• Saying no to organ donation is a personal choice that is respected.
• Most Christian churches support organ donation as an act of love, and many leaders of other faiths support it too.

Trees and pragmatics

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