gent

«gent» in Mova's school dictionary: A gentleman; a polite or well-dressed man: a real gent — 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

noun (a gent, gents); the Gents (UK — men's toilet)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, old-fashioned) A gentleman; a polite or well-dressed man: a real gent. tree →

2) «the Gents» (UK, Ireland, informal) = a public toilet for men. tree →

3) «gents'» = for men: gents' hairdresser. tree →

4) The gents can also mean the men as a group. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday British life signs say «Gents» and «Ladies» on toilets; in casual talk someone kind and polite is «a proper gent». Phrases: «the Gents», «a real gent», «ladies and gents».

examples

• Excuse me, where is the Gents? tree →
• Grandpa is a real gent; he always opens the door for people. tree →
• Ladies and gents, the show is about to begin! tree →
• He went to the gents' barber for a haircut. tree →
• What a gent — he carried my bags. tree →
• The Gents is on the left, the Ladies on the right. tree →

note

Short for «gentleman». Informal. «The Gents» takes a singular verb: «The Gents is closed.» Female match: «the Ladies».

In the corpora

• "The gents" is the everyday British name for the men's toilet.

Trees and pragmatics

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