karma

«karma» in Mova's school dictionary: In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, karma is the… — 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

noun (karma, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (religion) In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, karma is the idea that a person's actions, good or bad, bring results back to them, in this life or a future life. tree →

2) (informal) The idea that good or bad things happen to you because of how you behaved: «That's karma!». tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education karma is taught with rebirth (reincarnation) in Indian religions. In everyday English people use «karma» loosely, often as a joke when someone who did wrong has bad luck. Phrases: «good karma», «bad karma», «instant karma», «karma will get you».

examples

• Hindus believe karma follows a person into their next life. tree →
• Buddhists try to do good actions to make good karma. tree →
• He laughed at me and then tripped; that's karma! (informal) tree →
• Helping others is said to bring good karma. tree →
• The idea of karma means our actions matter. tree →
• Instant karma: the boy who took the last cake dropped it. tree →
• Our RE teacher explained karma with a story about a kind farmer. tree →

note

Uncountable. A Sanskrit word meaning «action». The everyday joke sense («karma got him») is looser than the religious meaning; in the religions karma is not a magic punishment but the result of actions.

In the corpora

• Hindus believe in karma: good and bad actions bring their own results.

Trees and pragmatics

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