ephemera

«ephemera» in Mova's school dictionary: insects, such as mayflies, that live only a very short… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ephemera, plural of ephemeron)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ephemera are insects, such as mayflies, that live only a very short time as adults. tree →

2) Ephemera are printed things, such as tickets or posters, that are kept for a short time. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, the short-lived insects that live only one summer day; in talk, the second sense is used by collectors

examples

• The ephemera danced over the river all afternoon. tree →
• The ephemera of one summer day seemed endless to them. tree →
• The museum keeps old ticket ephemera from the fair. tree →
• Each ephemera in the box was a poster from a show. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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