inmate
part of speech
noun (an inmate, inmates)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who is kept in a prison. tree →
2) (old use) A person living in a hospital or other institution. tree →
3) An inmate can also be any creature living inside a place, such as a house. tree →
sense in the lessons
In news, stories and social studies it means a prisoner. Phrases: prison inmate, fellow inmate. It tells the reader the person is locked up, not free to leave.
examples
- The inmates ate lunch in the prison canteen. tree →
- An inmate escaped but was caught the next day. tree →
- Some inmates study for exams in prison. tree →
- The film is about two inmates who become friends. tree →
- Prison guards keep the inmates safe. tree →
- Each inmate has a small cell. tree →
- When he has gnawed his way with these through all obstacles, he first destroys the babes he finds in a house, and then the older inmates. tree →
note
Countable. Similar: prisoner. «Inmate» sounds formal; do not confuse with «mate» (friend).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «inmate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.