masquerade

«masquerade» in Mova's school dictionary: a party where people wear masks and costumes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (masquerade, masquerades); verb (masquerade, masquerades, masqueraded, masquerading)

meaning for a pupil

1) A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes. tree →

2) To masquerade is to pretend to be someone you are not. tree →

sense in the lessons

people in strange costumes or disguises in a tale, or a pretence that hides the truth

examples

• What odd figures! They must be returning from some masquerade. tree →
• The good folks come probably from a masquerade! tree →
• The thief masqueraded as a doctor. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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