funeral

«funeral» in Mova's school dictionary: A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a funeral, funerals); adjective (funeral — funeral home, funeral service)

meaning for a pupil

A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and friends say goodbye and remember the person, and the body is buried or cremated. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, a funeral helps people share grief and memories; it is OK to cry, and also OK to smile at happy memories. In everyday life, people often wear dark clothes and are quiet and respectful at a funeral; customs differ between religions and cultures. Phrases: go to a funeral, funeral service, funeral home, funeral procession.

examples

• We went to Grandpa's funeral. tree →
• People wore black to the funeral. tree →
• At the funeral we shared stories about her. tree →
• It's OK to feel sad at a funeral. tree →
• We held a little funeral for our goldfish. tree →
• The cars drove slowly in the funeral procession. tree →
• He came to his mother's funeral. tree →

note

Countable. Spelling: f-u-n-e-r-a-l (nothing to do with "fun"). Manners: speak quietly and be kind to the family. Every culture has its own funeral customs.

In the corpora

• Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.
• A funeral is a ceremony where family and friends say goodbye to someone who has died.
• Remembering does not stop after the funeral.
• Children are usually welcome at funerals, and it is their choice whether to go.
• Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 aged 99, and the Queen sat alone at his funeral because of Covid distancing rules.

Trees and pragmatics

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