lawyer

«lawyer» in Mova's school dictionary: to know the law, give advice about it and speak for… — 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 (a lawyer, lawyers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose job is to know the law, give advice about it and speak for people in court. tree →

2) (informal) Someone who argues very cleverly (you sound like a lawyer). tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons and stories: a lawyer defends someone in court or helps people with wills, houses and contracts. Phrases: hire a lawyer, a good lawyer, a defence lawyer.

examples

• My aunt is a lawyer who helps families. tree →
• The lawyer spoke to the jury in court. tree →
• You need a lawyer to help with the contract. tree →
• He wants to be a lawyer when he grows up. tree →
• "You argue like a lawyer!" said Mum. tree →
• The lawyer read the rules very carefully. tree →
• I know that he never married, I believe he became a lawyer. tree →

note

Countable. Said "LOY-er" (UK) or "LAW-yer" (US). Similar words: solicitor and barrister (UK, Ireland, Australia), attorney (USA), counsel (formal). A lawyer is not a judge — the judge runs the court and decides.

In the corpora

• The lawyers trusted the chatbot because it sounded so sure, and sounding sure is not proof.
• It was reported that lawyers in America handed a court past cases that a chatbot had invented, and that the judge fined them.
• It was reported that lawyers in America handed a court cases a chatbot had invented and that the judge fined them.
• And, while he's at it, would he ask the lawyer to come too?
• The Rat: «It's best to be on the safe side … I've never heard him ask for a lawyer!

Trees and pragmatics

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