grace
part of speech
noun (grace); verb (grace — formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Grace is a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving. tree →
2) Grace is being polite, kind and calm, even when things are hard. tree →
3) Grace is a short prayer of thanks said before a meal. tree →
4) A grace period is extra time allowed before something must be done. tree →
5) Grace is also a girl's name. tree →
6) Your Grace is a polite title used when speaking to a duke, duchess or archbishop. tree →
sense in the lessons
In PE and dance lessons dancers and gymnasts move with grace. In manners lessons losing with grace means being a good loser. In some families and schools people say grace before eating. Phrases: with grace, say grace, saving grace, grace period, fall from grace.
examples
- The swan glided across the lake with grace. tree →
- She moved with the grace of a dancer. tree →
- He lost the game with grace and shook hands. tree →
- We say grace before dinner. tree →
- The library gives a grace period of three days. tree →
- Grace is my best friend's name. tree →
- His good humour was his saving grace. tree →
- "That is easy, your Grace," said he. tree →
note
Uncountable noun mostly. Adjective: graceful (moving beautifully); gracious (kind and polite). Opposite of graceful: clumsy. As a name it starts with a capital: Grace.
In the corpora
- Grace starts every sentence of her story with one, and it sounds like a robot: «Then, I woke up.
- If a family says grace (a short prayer of thanks) before eating, you wait quietly until they finish.
- And Grace hid her broccoli in her napkin and said «All gone!» Nobody ever found out.
- Grace said no and walked into the shop; the shopkeeper rang her dad, who'd never heard of him.
- Then in literacy Grace reads out a story about a dinosaur who opens a bakery — Lily's idea, from Tuesday.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grace» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.