humor

«humor» in Mova's school dictionary: a person's mood or state of mind, as in «good humor»… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (humors); (US spelling of humour)

meaning for a pupil

1) Humor is a person's mood or state of mind, as in «good humor» (cheerful) or «bad humor» (cross). tree →

2) Humor is also the ability to see what is funny, or what is said in a funny way. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales «good humor» means a happy mood, so a king with good humor is pleased and kind

examples

• The Lion now recovered his good humor. tree →
• She was in a bad humor after the rain. tree →
• His humor made everyone laugh. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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