generous

«generous» in Mova's school dictionary: kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (generous, more generous, most generous)

meaning for a pupil

1) A generous person is kind and happy to give money, time, help or things to others. tree →

2) Generous means larger than usual, such as a generous slice of cake. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school values lessons and stories, generous characters share and help others; in everyday life a generous helping is a big portion. Phrases: «generous with», «a generous gift», «a generous slice», «generous of you».

examples

• It was generous of you to share your sweets. tree →
• Grandad is generous with his time. tree →
• She gave a generous gift to the charity. tree →
• He cut me a generous slice of pie. tree →
• The teacher was generous with praise. tree →
• Being generous makes others happy too. tree →
• The shop gives a generous discount to pensioners. tree →
• But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go. tree →

note

Adverb: «generously»; noun: «generosity». Opposite: «mean», «selfish». In maths problems a generous helping just means a large portion; use the numbers given.

In the corpora

• A trade that seems far too generous often hides something broken, stolen or fake.

Trees and pragmatics

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