sinner

«sinner» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who has done something wrong according to a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sinner, sinners)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sinner is a person who has done something wrong according to a religion's rules. tree →

2) (joking) A sinner is anyone who has done something a bit naughty. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious stories and lessons. Jokingly: «I'm a sinner — I ate the last biscuit». Phrases: «saints and sinners», «a reformed sinner».

examples

• The priest said all sinners can be forgiven. tree →
• In the story, the sinner asked for forgiveness. tree →
• (joking) Who's the sinner who ate my chocolate? tree →
• The play was about saints and sinners. tree →
• The old gentleman said: "It is true; I am a hardened sinner. tree →

note

From «sin» + double n + -er. Mostly a religious word.

In the corpora

• Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners and touched people with leprosy, whom others avoided.
• Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
• But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
• The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
• Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Trees and pragmatics

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