riddance

«riddance» in Mova's school dictionary: The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural)

meaning for a pupil

The act of getting rid of something unwanted; «good riddance» means glad to see the bad thing go. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a remark that someone is glad to be free of a nuisance or a bad neighbour

examples

• «Good riddance,» said the boy when the bully left. tree →
• Getting rid of the old bed was a riddance. tree →
• We were glad of the riddance of the broken fence. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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