lady

«lady» in Mova's school dictionary: a polite word for a woman — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lady, ladies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A lady is a polite word for a woman. tree →

2) A lady is a woman with good manners, or (in the past) a woman of high rank: Lady Jane. tree →

3) Ladies (or the ladies) is a toilet for women in a public place. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, a person in the story; sometimes ladies are counted in a group to add to another group (ladies and men). In everyday life and manners: «Ladies and gentlemen» to start a speech, «the lady at the shop». In stories, a lady in a castle or a kind old lady. Phrases: «ladies and gentlemen», «old lady», «dinner lady», «lollipop lady», «the ladies».

examples

• A lady bought 3 hats. tree →
• There are 12 ladies and 8 men in the room. tree →
• The lady paid 20 dollars. tree →
• How many people in all? tree →
• Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our school play! tree →
• The lollipop lady helps us cross the road. tree →
• A kind old lady gave us directions. tree →
• The dinner lady served us pasta. tree →
• Did you see the young lady?" tree →

note

Plural: ladies (y → ies). Possessive: the lady's hat, the ladies' room. A person; ladies may be one group to add to another. No clue on its own. A ladybird (ladybug) is an insect, not a lady.

In the corpora

• Hiding under a leaf as Mother Jaguar explains, they say: «I don't like this old lady one little bit.»
• By chance the Stranger-man finds Teshumai at her Cave, having lunch with other Stone Age ladies.
• The ladies fill the poor man's hair with mud, bang the tribal drums and call every chief of the Tribe.
• "The ladies" is the everyday British name for the women's toilet.
• "Lady friend" means a man's girlfriend (old-fashioned).

Trees and pragmatics

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