immaculate
part of speech
adjective (immaculate); adverb «immaculately»
meaning for a pupil
1) Perfectly clean and tidy, with no dirt or mess at all. tree →
2) Without any mistake; perfect: an immaculate performance. tree →
3) (church) Without sin: Catholic Christians believe in the «Immaculate Conception», that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the start of her life. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it describes a spotless room, uniform or car, or a perfect piece of work. In sport and music, an immaculate performance has no errors. In church lessons it appears in the Catholic feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December). Phrases: immaculately dressed, in immaculate condition, immaculate handwriting.
examples
- Grandma's kitchen is always immaculate. tree →
- His uniform was immaculate on the first day of school. tree →
- The second-hand bike was in immaculate condition. tree →
- The gymnast gave an immaculate performance and scored ten. tree →
- Her handwriting is immaculate. tree →
- Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception on 8 December. tree →
- After an hour of tidying, my room looked immaculate — for one day. tree →
note
Spelling: double m, one c at the start, «-late» at the end: i-m-m-a-c-u-l-a-t-e. A common confusion: the «Immaculate Conception» is about Mary being free from sin, not about the birth of Jesus (that is the «Virgin Birth»).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «immaculate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.