throne

«throne» in Mova's school dictionary: The special chair a king, queen or ruler sits on at… — 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 throne, thrones)

meaning for a pupil

1) The special chair a king, queen or ruler sits on at ceremonies. tree →

2) «The throne»: the position and power of a king or queen: to come to the throne. tree →

3) (informal, joke) The toilet. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons and fairy tales, a king or queen sits on a throne; a prince is «heir to the throne». «Come to the throne» means become ruler. As a joke, people call the toilet «the throne».

examples

• The queen sat on her golden throne. tree →
• The prince is next in line to the throne. tree →
• The king lost his throne in the war. tree →
• She came to the throne when she was very young. tree →
• The throne room was full of guards. tree →
• (joke) Dad's been on the throne for ages! tree →

note

Homophone: thrown (past of throw) — «The ball was thrown», «The king's throne». Plural: thrones.

In the corpora

• He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'
• And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
• And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established firmly.
• But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.'

Trees and pragmatics

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