during

«during» in Mova's school dictionary: all through a time: «during the night» — 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

preposition

meaning for a pupil

1) During means all through a time: «during the night». tree →

2) During means at some point in a time: «He called during dinner». tree →

sense in the lessons

marks the time when something happened: during the week, during the game; at school, rules say what to do during lessons, breaks and fire drills; phrases: «during the day», «during the week», «during the holidays», «during class»

examples

• During the week, she read 40 pages. tree →
• He scored 12 points during the game. tree →
• During the summer, 25 birds visited. tree →
• How many did they sell during the sale? tree →
• Please don't talk during the test. tree →
• Bats sleep during the day. tree →
• We visited Gran during the holidays. tree →
• During a fire drill, walk quietly outside. tree →
• During the night the wolves had eaten it. tree →

note

A time marker, no operation by itself. Trap: «during each week» gives a rate to multiply by the number of weeks. «during» is followed by a noun, not a verb: «during lunch», not «during we eat».

In the corpora

• A midwife is a nurse trained to care for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and the first days after.
• Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.
• Teachers often give a solo to the child most ready for that piece, and many swap solos around during the year.
• Films hide clues early on, so scrolling on a phone during a film means missing details that matter later.
• And a body part that is stretched or hurt during a life is never passed on.

Trees and pragmatics

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