venerable

«venerable» in Mova's school dictionary: old and deserving respect, often because of great age — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (venerable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Venerable means old and deserving respect, often because of great age. tree →

2) (old use) A title of respect for some church people. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories and nature talk, an old tree, rock or wise person that deserves respect; «a venerable old man» is an honoured elder

examples

• One feels quite a novice beside these venerable million-year-old boulders. tree →
• It is a large venerable tree, though a little crippled by age. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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