gala

«gala» in Mova's school dictionary: A special party or performance to celebrate something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a gala, galas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A special party or performance to celebrate something, often with fancy clothes. tree →

2) (UK, Australia, NZ) A swimming competition: «a swimming gala». tree →

3) A big public festival or fair. tree →

sense in the lessons

In UK and Australian schools, the «swimming gala» is a race day in the pool. In news: «a gala dinner», «gala night». It tells the reader the event is special and grand.

examples

• Our school swimming gala is next week. tree →
• She won two races at the gala. tree →
• The film star went to a gala dinner. tree →
• The village gala has a parade. tree →
• Everyone dressed up for the gala night. tree →
• Parents cheered at the swimming gala. tree →
• To and fro hurried the women, handsome in their gala-day dress. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced GAH-la (UK) or GAY-la (US). In maths, gala problems may compare race times — smallest time wins.

Trees and pragmatics

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