jury

«jury» in Mova's school dictionary: A group of ordinary people (often twelve) who listen to a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a jury, juries)

meaning for a pupil

1) A group of ordinary people (often twelve) who listen to a trial in court and decide if someone is guilty or not. tree →

2) A group of people who judge a competition and choose the winner. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and stories: a jury listens to a court case and gives a verdict. At school: a jury of judges picks the best poem or science project. Phrases: on the jury, jury duty, the jury is out (people have not decided yet).

examples

• The jury decided the man was not guilty. tree →
• Twelve people sat on the jury. tree →
• My mum was called for jury duty. tree →
• A jury of teachers judged the art competition. tree →
• The jury is still out on whether the new game is any good (idiom). tree →
• The judge thanked the jury for their hard work. tree →

note

Countable; plural juries. A jury can take a singular or plural verb in UK English ("the jury is" / "the jury are"); US English uses singular. A member is a juror. In maths problems, a jury often has 12 members.

In the corpora

• The jury writes down some of each.
• «Let the jury consider their verdict,» says the King, for about the twentieth time.
• In England and Wales a jury in a serious criminal trial is twelve ordinary adults; in Scotland it is fifteen.

Trees and pragmatics

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