pharmacy

«pharmacy» in Mova's school dictionary: a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and… — 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 pharmacy, pharmacies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pharmacy is a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and prescriptions are given out. tree →

2) Pharmacy is the study and job of preparing medicines. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is where you take a doctor's prescription. In the UK it is also «chemist's», in the US «drugstore». In safety lessons: only take medicine from a pharmacy with an adult's help, and follow the label. Phrases: «the pharmacy counter», «study pharmacy».

examples

• Mum went to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine. tree →
• The pharmacy is next to the supermarket. tree →
• Ask at the pharmacy about cough medicine. tree →
• She studied pharmacy at university. tree →
• The pharmacy is open late on Thursdays. tree →
• In the UK we call it the chemist's. tree →
• The pharmacist works in the pharmacy. tree →
• Take your prescription to any pharmacy. tree →

note

Plural: pharmacies. «ph» says «f»: FAR-ma-see. A person who works there is a pharmacist. «Chemist» in UK can mean the shop or a pharmacist; in US «chemist» means a scientist.

In the corpora

• In the UK a pharmacist trains for about five years: a four-year degree and a year of training in a pharmacy.

Trees and pragmatics

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