purification

«purification» in Mova's school dictionary: Making something clean and pure by removing dirt or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (purification, uncountable; a purification — a ritual)

meaning for a pupil

1) Making something clean and pure by removing dirt or harmful things: «water purification». tree →

2) (church, religion) Making a person or place spiritually clean, often with a ceremony; for example, the Bible's laws of purification, or washing before prayer in many faiths. tree →

3) (science) Separating a pure substance from a mixture. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons water purification makes water safe to drink (filtering, boiling, chlorine). In religious education many faiths have purification rituals; in church the Feast of the Purification (Candlemas, 2 February) remembers Mary taking baby Jesus to the Temple. Phrases: «water purification», «air purification», «purification tablets», «rites of purification».

examples

• Water purification removes germs so the water is safe to drink. tree →
• Hikers carry purification tablets for stream water. tree →
• The factory has an air purification system. tree →
• Candlemas is also called the Feast of the Purification. tree →
• Muslims wash in a set way for purification before prayer. tree →
• We learned about purification by filtering muddy water in science. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable. Verb: purify; adjective: pure. Science: filtering removes bits you can see, boiling kills germs, but neither removes all dissolved chemicals. Never drink river water without purifying it.

Trees and pragmatics

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