tribe

«tribe» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of families and people who share the same… — 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 tribe, tribes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tribe is a group of families and people who share the same ancestors, language, customs and way of life, often with their own leader. tree →

2) (Bible) The tribes of Israel were the twelve family groups said to come from the twelve sons of Jacob. tree →

3) (informal) A tribe is any big group of people who belong together or like the same things, such as fans or a large family. tree →

4) (science) In biology, a tribe is a group of related plants or animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and geography, pupils learn about tribes of ancient Britain, Native American nations and First Nations, Aboriginal peoples, and Māori iwi. In RE, the twelve tribes of Israel. In everyday talk, «a tribe of kids» means many children. Phrases: «tribal», «the twelve tribes», «a tribe of».

examples

• The Iceni were a tribe in ancient Britain led by Queen Boudica. tree →
• Each tribe had its own chief and customs. tree →
• The Bible tells of the twelve tribes of Israel. tree →
• Our cousins arrived like a whole tribe, loud and hungry. tree →
• Football fans are a tribe of their own. tree →
• Many Native American peoples prefer to be called nations rather than tribes. tree →
• Lions, tigers and other big cats belong to the same tribe of cats in biology. tree →
• Let us now go back to our tribe. tree →

note

Countable: a tribe, tribes; adjective «tribal». Be careful and respectful: many peoples prefer their own names (nation, iwi, First Nation, people), and «tribe» can sound old-fashioned or rude when used about whole countries. The informal sense («my tribe») is friendly.

In the corpora

• A Stranger-man from a far tribe comes along.
• The ladies fill the poor man's hair with mud, bang the tribal drums and call every chief of the Tribe.
• The whole Tribe has come, chiefs and all, armed to the teeth, shouting and frightening every fish for twenty miles.
• Explain!» shouts the whole Tribe.
• The Stranger-man is adopted into the Tribe because he was a gentleman about the mud.

Trees and pragmatics

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