impart

«impart» in Mova's school dictionary: To give or pass on information, knowledge or wisdom to… — 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

verb (impart, imparts, imparted, imparting) — formal

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To give or pass on information, knowledge or wisdom to someone: impart knowledge. tree →

2) (formal) To give a quality, taste or feeling to something: herbs impart flavour. tree →

sense in the lessons

In formal and exam writing and in cooking; teachers impart knowledge. Phrases: impart knowledge, impart wisdom, impart flavour, impart news.

examples

• Teachers impart knowledge to their pupils. tree →
• The old man imparted his wisdom to the children. tree →
• Lemon imparts a fresh taste to the cake. tree →
• She had important news to impart. tree →
• Smoke imparts a special flavour to the fish. tree →
• Grandma imparted her secret recipe only to me. tree →
• The king and his son also agreed, and the decision was imparted to the Fianna. tree →

note

Formal: in everyday talk say give, tell, pass on, add. Past: imparted. Followed by to: impart something to someone.

In the corpora

• Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath He imparted to her understanding.

Trees and pragmatics

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