mighty

«mighty» in Mova's school dictionary: Very strong or powerful — 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

adjective (mighty, mightier, mightiest); adverb (mighty — informal, US)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very strong or powerful. tree →

2) Very big and impressive: a mighty river, a mighty oak. tree →

3) (informal, mostly US) Very; really: "That's mighty kind of you." tree →

4) (Bible) Strong, said of God or great heroes: "the mighty acts of God". tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories "mighty" makes something sound grand, strong or heroic: a mighty king, a mighty roar, a mighty wave. In poems and the Bible it gives a big, old-style feel. The saying "The pen is mightier than the sword" means words and ideas can be stronger than fighting. "High and mighty" means acting proud and bossy. In the US South and in cowboy films "mighty" is a friendly way to say "very".

examples

• The mighty lion roared across the plain. tree →
• A mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn. tree →
• The Amazon is a mighty river. tree →
• "That's mighty nice of you, partner," said the cowboy. tree →
• The pen is mightier than the sword. tree →
• Don't get all high and mighty with me just because you won! tree →
• Christians sing that God is mighty and kind. tree →
• With one mighty kick, she scored the winning goal. tree →

note

Forms: mighty, mightier, mightiest. Comes from the noun "might" (strength), not from the verb "might" (maybe). Trap: "mighty" (strong) has nothing to do with "might" in "I might go". As an adverb "mighty" is informal: say "very" in school writing.

In the corpora

• Together they faced the mighty Persian Empire at Marathon and Thermopylae.
• And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
• He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.'
• seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.'

Trees and pragmatics

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