economist

«economist» in Mova's school dictionary: an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an economist, economists)

meaning for a pupil

A person who studies or is an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and trade work. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news, economists explain why prices go up and what may happen to jobs; in stories they may advise governments. Phrases: «a leading economist», «economists predict».

examples

• The economist said prices would rise next year. tree →
• Economists study how people spend money. tree →
• My aunt is an economist at a bank. tree →
• The government asked economists for advice. tree →
• An economist uses a lot of maths and graphs. tree →
• Economists do not always agree. tree →

note

Countable: an economist (an before a vowel sound). Spelling: e-co-no-mist. Subject: economics; adjective: economic.

In the corpora

• Economists do the same with bad news: "negative growth" sounds like growing, but it means the economy got smaller.
• And some economists really do argue that home machines like washers freed more time than the internet, while others disagree.
• In 1817 the economist David Ricardo explained that countries gain by doing what they do best and trading, like swapping spare stickers.

Trees and pragmatics

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