passenger

«passenger» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane… — 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

noun (passenger, passengers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it. tree →

2) The passenger seat is the seat next to the driver. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: people on a bus or train; getting on adds, getting off takes away; passengers per bus or carriage; seats and tickets. In everyday life and safety: wear a seat belt as a passenger; passengers wait on the platform. Phrases: «passenger seat», «passenger train», «passenger plane», «front-seat passenger».

examples

• A bus has 30 passengers. tree →
• 8 passengers get off. tree →
• 5 passengers get on. tree →
• How many passengers are on the bus now? tree →
• The plane carries 180 passengers. tree →
• All passengers must wear seat belts. tree →
• Passengers waited on the platform for the train. tree →
• Children under 12 should not sit in the front passenger seat. tree →
• "What is it o'clock, watchman?" inquired a passenger. tree →

note

Countable: «a passenger». Maths: getting on → add, getting off → take away; do the stops in order. Trap: the driver is not a passenger.

In the corpora

• The first hot-air balloon passengers, in 1783, were a sheep, a duck and a cockerel.
• You let passengers get off a train or bus before you get on.
• Passengers talk quietly and settle arguments calmly, because the driver must concentrate on the road.
• A usual passenger carriage runs on 8 wheels: two sets of 4 wheels, one set near each end.
• Big passenger planes fly about 10 kilometres up, above most clouds and storms.

Trees and pragmatics

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