vip

«vip» in Mova's school dictionary: a «very important person»: someone famous or important… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

abbreviation (VIP, VIPs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A VIP is a «very important person»: someone famous or important who gets special treatment, such as a celebrity, a leader or an honoured guest. tree →

2) «VIP» describes special areas, tickets or treatment for such people: VIP seats, VIP lounge, VIP pass. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it appears at concerts, sports events and parties; at school, a «VIP» might be a visiting guest or a pupil of the week. In maths, ticket problems may have VIP and standard prices. Phrases: «VIP treatment», «VIP area», «VIP tickets», «VIP pass».

examples

• The VIPs sat in the front row at the concert. tree →
• We got VIP treatment at Grandma's birthday. tree →
• The mayor was a VIP guest at sports day. tree →
• VIP tickets cost £50 and standard tickets cost £20. tree →
• Only people with a VIP pass could go backstage. tree →
• I was class VIP this week and fed the fish. tree →

note

Always in capitals: VIP; plural VIPs. Said as letters «vee-eye-pee». Use «a VIP» (a vee sound). Not a word on its own in lower case.

In the corpora

• So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyone wanted it.
• How you name a place, like calling the floor the VIP section, can change how it feels to sit there.

Trees and pragmatics

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