surrey

«surrey» in Mova's school dictionary: a county in the south-east of England, next to London — 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, proper name (Surrey); noun (a surrey, surreys — a carriage, rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Surrey (with a capital S) is a county in the south-east of England, next to London. tree →

2) A surrey is an old-fashioned light, four-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse, with two seats and sometimes a fringed roof (mostly American). tree →

sense in the lessons

As a place name it appears in UK geography lessons, addresses and stories set in England. The carriage appears in old stories and songs (the surrey with the fringe on top). Normally written with a capital letter as a place.

examples

• My cousins live in Surrey, near London. tree →
• Surrey is a county in the south-east of England. tree →
• We drove through the green hills of Surrey. tree →
• In the old story, the family rode to town in a surrey. tree →
• The surrey had two seats and a fringed roof. tree →
• Surrey has many towns and villages. tree →

note

As a place name it needs a capital letter: Surrey. The carriage meaning is rare and old-fashioned. Do not mix up with «sorry» (apologising) — they sound a little alike.

In the corpora

• Lottie lives in a big house in Surrey.

Trees and pragmatics

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