grandmaster

«grandmaster» in Mova's school dictionary: The highest title a chess player can win, given by the… — 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 grandmaster, grandmasters; also Grandmaster)

meaning for a pupil

1) (chess) The highest title a chess player can win, given by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to the very best players. tree →

2) A great expert in a game or skill, as in «a grandmaster of magic». tree →

3) The head of some clubs, orders of knights or martial arts schools. tree →

sense in the lessons

In chess clubs and the olympiad, children learn about grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen; some players become grandmasters as teenagers. In everyday life it means a true master. In martial arts and knightly orders, a Grandmaster is the leader. Short form: «GM».

examples

• She dreams of becoming a chess grandmaster. tree →
• The grandmaster played twenty children at once. tree →
• Magnus Carlsen is a famous grandmaster. tree →
• He is a grandmaster of card tricks. tree →
• The Grandmaster led the order of knights. tree →
• The youngest grandmasters earned the title at about 12 years old. tree →

note

One word (sometimes «grand master»). Countable. Not the same as «grandmother» or «grandfather».

In the corpora

• Even top chess players, called grandmasters, lose games; going over a lost game is one of the best ways to improve.

Trees and pragmatics

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