fun
part of speech
noun (fun — uncountable); adjective (fun, more fun, most fun — informal: funner, funnest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Enjoyment and pleasure; a good time: «We had fun at the party». tree →
2) Enjoyable: «a fun game». tree →
3) Make fun of: to laugh at someone in an unkind way. tree →
4) If you do something in fun, you do it as a joke and not seriously. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life: games, play, parties, holidays. In feelings and bullying lessons: «making fun of» someone hurts; joking is fun only if everyone is laughing. In stories: fun scenes show characters enjoying themselves. Phrases: have fun, for fun, just for fun, make fun of, fun fact, great fun, more fun, it's no fun.
examples
- We had lots of fun at the park. tree →
- Have fun at the sleepover! tree →
- Swimming is fun. tree →
- Here's a fun fact: an octopus has three hearts. tree →
- It's not kind to make fun of people. tree →
- We played the game just for fun. tree →
- It's no fun playing alone. tree →
- The fair was great fun. tree →
- It was only said in fun. tree →
note
Uncountable: «a lot of fun», not «a fun» or «funs». Correct comparisons are «more fun, most fun»; «funner, funnest» are used by children but are not standard. «Fun» (enjoyable) vs «funny» (makes you laugh): a fun day; a funny joke.
In the corpora
- While a parent is unemployed the family may claim benefits and cut spending; free fun like parks and libraries helps.
- Then they choose the cheap fun: a picnic and a library trip instead of the cinema.
- Big family gatherings bring together relatives who rarely meet, and they can be fun and stressful at the same time.
- "When the fun stops, stop" is a warning betting adverts must include, because gambling can become an addiction.
- Grown-ups love swapping it over the fence, and a lot of it is harmless fun.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fun» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.