ni

«ni» in Mova's school dictionary: short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

fragment or abbreviation (NI, Ni, ni)

meaning for a pupil

1) NI is short for Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. tree →

2) (UK) NI is short for National Insurance, money taken from wages to pay for state pensions and benefits. tree →

3) (science) Ni is the chemical symbol for the metal nickel. tree →

4) In the old film «Monty Python and the Holy Grail», the Knights Who Say «Ni!» shout it as a silly word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography: NI on maps and in addresses. In money (UK): an NI number on a payslip. In chemistry: the symbol Ni in the periodic table. As a lowercase fragment it may also appear from Spanish «ni» (nor) or Ni in names.

examples

• Belfast is the capital of NI. tree →
• Every worker in the UK has an NI number. tree →
• Ni is the symbol for nickel. tree →
• The postcode area BT is in NI. tree →
• Coins can contain Ni (nickel). tree →
• NI contributions help pay for state pensions. tree →

note

Not an ordinary English word; always check the context. Abbreviations are usually in capitals (NI); chemical symbols have a capital first letter and small second letter (Ni).

In the corpora

• AHA and nE-a are casual yeah and nope between kids; tak and ni are safe to anyone.

Trees and pragmatics

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