leo

«leo» in Mova's school dictionary: A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion — 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 (Leo — a constellation, star sign and name)

meaning for a pupil

1) (space) A group of stars, a constellation, said to look like a lion. tree →

2) (star signs) The fifth sign of the zodiac, for birthdays from about 23 July to 22 August. tree →

3) (a name) Leo, a boy's name meaning «lion» in Latin; many popes were called Leo. tree →

4) (Latin) leo = lion. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on space: Leo is a constellation seen in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with the bright star Regulus. Star signs (astrology) are not science: the stars do not decide your character. Phrases: «the constellation Leo», «I'm a Leo».

examples

• We found the constellation Leo in the spring sky. tree →
• Regulus is the brightest star in Leo. tree →
• My birthday is in August, so my star sign is Leo. tree →
• Leo is the Latin word for lion. tree →
• My friend Leo plays football with me. tree →
• Star signs like Leo are fun, but they are not science. tree →

note

Always a capital: Leo. Constellations are real patterns of stars; astrology (horoscopes) is a belief, not proved by science.

In the corpora

• Leo in Vancouver sat on Grandad's glasses, bent them, and put them back in the case.
• Leo owned up, said sorry, and read the paper aloud to Grandad every morning until the new glasses came.
• Leo let the bath overflow while he played a game, mopped it with towels and hid them.
• Now Leo sets a timer when the bath runs.
• Leo broke the garden gnome with his bat and buried the pieces with his friend, laughing.

Trees and pragmatics

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