perplexity

«perplexity» in Mova's school dictionary: a state of being puzzled and not knowing what to think or do — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural perplexities)

meaning for a pupil

1) Perplexity is a state of being puzzled and not knowing what to think or do. tree →

2) (formal) A puzzling thing or problem. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a hero feels great perplexity when something strange happens; in lessons it names the feeling of being stuck on a hard question

examples

• He stood in great perplexity, unable to work out the answer. tree →
• To her perplexity, the door would not open. tree →
• The puzzle caused him much perplexity. tree →

note

nothing for maths; perplexity is a feeling and changes no count.

Trees and pragmatics

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