nice
part of speech
adjective (nice, nicer, nicest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Nice means pleasant, enjoyable or good: «a nice day». tree →
2) Nice means kind and friendly: «She is nice to everyone». tree →
3) Nice can mean good-looking or attractive. tree →
4) Nice can be used to sound sarcastic: «Nice one!» after a mistake. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, «nice» is one of the commonest words of praise: «Nice to meet you», «Have a nice day», «That's nice of you». In writing lessons, teachers ask pupils to choose stronger, more exact words instead of «nice» (delicious, sunny, generous). In safety, a stranger who seems nice may still be unsafe; being nice does not mean you must obey. Phrases: «nice and warm» (pleasantly warm), «nice to meet you».
examples
- Have a nice day! tree →
- It's nice to meet you. tree →
- That was nice of you to help. tree →
- She's always nice to the younger children. tree →
- It's a nice sunny morning. tree →
- The soup is nice and hot. tree →
- Your drawing looks really nice. tree →
- Try a stronger word than «nice» in your story. tree →
note
Comparison: nicer, nicest. Adverb: «nicely». Do not confuse «nice» with «niece» (your brother's or sister's daughter). «Nice» (with capital N) is also a city in France, said «neece».
In the corpora
- Kind stories spread too, and they are the nicest sort of gossip.
- Flattery about yourself is not true just because it is nice; you thank people and stay honest about your limits.
- It is not a nice story, but it is a true one, and it is better to know.
- Toad is rich, the Rat says, and it's one of the nicest houses around — though they never tell Toad that.
- And in my nice clean barge, too!»
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.