magnanimous

«magnanimous» in Mova's school dictionary: very generous and noble, ready to forgive and to put… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more magnanimous, most magnanimous) (formal)

meaning for a pupil

Magnanimous means very generous and noble, ready to forgive and to put others first, even when you could take advantage. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero who gives up a prize or spares an enemy out of fairness and kindness

examples

• "You are too magnanimous, thus to fight for your friend and run the risk of being killed." tree →
• A magnanimous dispute now arose between the friends, and each besought the other to accept the precious privilege of life. tree →
• Theseus was far too magnanimous to assault his enemy with insolent language. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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