pedestrian

«pedestrian» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is walking, especially in a street, not… — 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 pedestrian, pedestrians); adjective (pedestrian)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pedestrian is a person who is walking, especially in a street, not riding or driving. tree →

2) (adjective) For people who walk: a pedestrian crossing. tree →

3) (adjective) Dull and ordinary, with nothing special. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in road safety lessons: pedestrians use the pavement (sidewalk) and cross at a pedestrian crossing (crosswalk, zebra crossing). Drivers must give way to pedestrians at crossings. Phrases: "pedestrian crossing", "pedestrian zone".

examples

• Pedestrians should use the crossing. tree →
• Stop, look and listen before you cross as a pedestrian. tree →
• The town centre is a pedestrian zone with no cars. tree →
• The car stopped to let the pedestrians cross. tree →
• Wear bright clothes at night so drivers can see pedestrians. tree →
• The bridge is for pedestrians and bikes only. tree →
• His story was rather pedestrian and a bit boring. tree →
• On his way a chariot passed him, in which sat an old man with two servants, who rudely pushed the pedestrian out of the path. tree →

note

Countable: a pedestrian. UK "pedestrian crossing / zebra crossing", USA "crosswalk". "Pedestrian" comes from the Latin for "foot".

In the corpora

• Some crows in Japan drop nuts at pedestrian crossings for cars to crack and pick them up safely when the lights stop the traffic.

Trees and pragmatics

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