electrician

«electrician» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to put in, check and repair… — 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 (electrician, electricians)

meaning for a pupil

An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons about jobs and safety: only electricians should fix wiring; never poke things into sockets. In science lessons on circuits, electricians use the same ideas in real houses. Phrases: «call an electrician», «a qualified electrician».

examples

• The electrician fixed the broken light. tree →
• We called an electrician when the socket started sparking. tree →
• My aunt is an electrician. tree →
• An electrician wires new houses. tree →
• Only a trained electrician should work on the fuse box. tree →
• The electrician switched off the power before she started. tree →

note

Spelling: «-cian» like «musician», «magician». Pronounced «e-lek-TRISH-un». Safety: electricity can kill; never touch wires or plug things in with wet hands. In maths, job problems may give hours worked and pay per hour.

In the corpora

• An architect designs a building and works with engineers; builders, electricians, plumbers and many others build it.
• -cian is used for people's jobs from words ending in c: musician, magician, electrician.
• Only adults reset a trip, and if it keeps tripping, an electrician checks it.

Trees and pragmatics

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