novel

«novel» in Mova's school dictionary: a long story in a book about made-up people and events — 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

noun (a novel, novels); adjective (novel)

meaning for a pupil

1) A novel is a long story in a book about made-up people and events. tree →

2) Novel (adjective) means new, different and interesting: a novel idea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils read class novels and learn about chapters, characters and plot. In formal writing "novel" means new and unusual: a novel solution. In science news: "a novel virus". Phrases: class novel, graphic novel, novel idea.

examples

• Our class is reading a novel about a dragon. tree →
• The novel has 20 chapters. tree →
• She wants to write a novel when she grows up. tree →
• Using a bucket as a drum was a novel idea. tree →
• A graphic novel tells a story in pictures. tree →
• The novel was turned into a film. tree →
• If the novel has 240 pages and I read 30 a day, I finish in 8 days. tree →
• This is a novel way to teach fractions. tree →

note

Countable noun. Person: novelist. Trap: a novel is fiction (made up), not a true story; a short story is shorter. Adjective "novel" is formal and means new, from the same root as "novelty".

In the corpora

• Comics and graphic novels are real reading: you work out the story from the words and the pictures together.

Trees and pragmatics

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