europe
part of speech
proper noun (Europe)
meaning for a pupil
Europe is one of the seven continents of the world. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are in Europe. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a place in a story; sometimes trips, distances, flight times or countries counted. In geography: Europe lies north of Africa and west of Asia; it has many countries and languages. In history: many people came from Europe to America, Australia and New Zealand. Phrases: in Europe, across Europe, a trip to Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe.
examples
- They flew to Europe for 10 days. tree →
- The trip to Europe cost $2,400. tree →
- She visited 5 countries in Europe. tree →
- The flight to Europe takes 8 hours. tree →
- Europe is one of the seven continents. tree →
- Ireland is an island in the west of Europe. tree →
- Many languages are spoken in Europe. tree →
- The longest river in Europe is the Volga. tree →
- The climate in the north of Europe is really dreadful. tree →
note
Always written with a capital E: Europe. Adjective «European». Europe is a continent, not a country. A word of the story only; no clue to the operation.
In the corpora
- The Renaissance was a period of new learning and art in Europe from around 1400 to 1600.
- In the Middle Ages narwhal tusks were sold in Europe as unicorn horns and were worth more than their weight in gold.
- Zoos swap animals between countries through planned breeding programmes, called EEPs in Europe and SSPs in North America.
- Raccoons were brought to Europe and some escaped; now they live wild in Germany and are spreading to nearby countries.
- Before 1492 Italy had no tomatoes, Ireland had no potatoes and nobody in Europe had tasted chocolate or chilli.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «europe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.