taurus

«taurus» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the… — 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 (Taurus)

meaning for a pupil

1) Taurus is a group of stars (a constellation) that looks like the shape of a bull. tree →

2) In astrology, Taurus is a star sign for people born from about late April to late May. tree →

3) (Latin) Taurus means «bull». tree →

4) Taurus is also a name used for mountains in Turkey and for some products like cars. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons it appears with constellations and the night sky (the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades cluster are in Taurus); in everyday talk, horoscopes and star signs; science teaches that astrology is not a science.

examples

• Taurus looks like the head of a bull in the night sky. tree →
• The Pleiades star cluster is in Taurus. tree →
• My sister is a Taurus because her birthday is in May. tree →
• Aldebaran is the red eye of Taurus the bull. tree →
• The Taurus Mountains are in southern Turkey. tree →

note

Written with a capital T. Myth trap: star signs (astrology) do not really decide your personality; astronomy (the science) studies constellations. Say it «TOR-us».

In the corpora

• Orion's belt points down-left to Sirius, the brightest star, and up-right to orange Aldebaran in Taurus.

Trees and pragmatics

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