pe

«pe» in Mova's school dictionary: short for physical education, the school lesson where you… — 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 abbreviation (PE — physical education)

meaning for a pupil

PE is short for physical education, the school lesson where you do sport, games, gymnastics and exercise. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school PE is a subject on the timetable: you change into a PE kit and play games, run, jump and learn about keeping fit and safe. Phrases: «PE lesson», «PE kit», «PE teacher», «in PE».

examples

• We have PE on Tuesdays. tree →
• Don't forget your PE kit! tree →
• Our PE teacher is very fit. tree →
• In PE we played basketball. tree →
• I hurt my ankle in PE. tree →
• We do gymnastics in PE this term. tree →
• Bring a water bottle to PE. tree →

note

Usually written in capitals: PE (or P.E.), said «pee-ee». In the US it is also called gym or gym class. It is an abbreviation, not a real word; «pe» in lower case is just this abbreviation.

In the corpora

• On PE day you wear or pack the sports clothes and trainers the school asks for and tie long hair back.
• A boy in England skipped breakfast every day; by mid-morning he felt dizzy and grumpy, and once he fainted in PE.
• That night his PE teacher met his mum at the shops.
• Alfie lent his friend his own PE kit and sat out PE himself.
• Ellie put salt in Olivia's water bottle; Olivia drank a lot before PE, felt sick and had to sit out.

Trees and pragmatics

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