leaflet
part of speech
noun (a leaflet, leaflets); verb (leaflet, leaflets, leafleted, leafleting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A leaflet is a small printed sheet of paper, sometimes folded, that gives information or advertises something. tree →
2) (science) A leaflet is a small leaf that is part of a bigger leaf, like on a clover. tree →
3) To leaflet an area is to hand out leaflets there. tree →
sense in the lessons
At school letters and leaflets go home in bags; in safety lessons leaflets explain fire safety. In maths: counting leaflets delivered. In science: leaflets on compound leaves. Phrases: hand out leaflets, information leaflet.
examples
- A leaflet about the school fair came home in my bag. tree →
- Read the leaflet before taking the medicine. tree →
- We delivered 50 leaflets on our street. tree →
- The fire safety leaflet says to check smoke alarms. tree →
- A clover leaf has three leaflets. tree →
- They leafleted the town about the lost cat. tree →
- Pick up a free leaflet at the museum. tree →
- If each house gets 2 leaflets, 30 houses need 60 leaflets. tree →
- It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust. tree →
note
Countable. Similar: flyer, pamphlet, brochure. Verb past: leafleted (one t is most common). "Leaf" + "-let" (small).
In the corpora
- Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.
- An election is when adults vote to choose their leaders and representatives; candidates send leaflets to explain their promises.
- A leaflet says «Visit Sunnybay!
- Theo said he'd been «at the dentist», but he had no sticker, no leaflet, no numb mouth.
- If you forget a dose, never double up; the leaflet or pharmacist says what to do.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «leaflet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.