pageant

«pageant» in Mova's school dictionary: A show or procession where people dress up and act out… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a pageant, pageants)

meaning for a pupil

1) A show or procession where people dress up and act out scenes from history or stories. tree →

2) A beauty contest (especially USA). tree →

3) A grand, colourful display. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school a nativity pageant tells the Christmas story; towns hold historical pageants. In the USA beauty pageants are competitions.

examples

• Our school put on a pageant about the Romans. tree →
• The nativity pageant had shepherds and kings. tree →
• The town pageant marched through the streets. tree →
• She entered a beauty pageant. tree →
• The pageant of autumn colours was beautiful.. tree →

note

Say: PAJ-unt. Plural: pageants. Also «pageantry» (grand display).

Trees and pragmatics

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