woman

«woman» in Mova's school dictionary: a grown-up female person, an adult girl — 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 (woman, women)

meaning for a pupil

1) A woman is a grown-up female person, an adult girl. tree →

2) Women is the word for more than one woman. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: a person in a story; women counted in groups; men and women together are added. In history and everyday life: famous women in science and sport, the women's team, women getting the right to vote. Phrases: «a young woman», «an old woman», «women and men», «businesswoman», «policewoman».

examples

• There are 15 women and 12 men at the party. tree →
• Each woman brought 2 dishes. tree →
• How many people are there in all? tree →
• A woman bought 3 dresses. tree →
• The woman at the desk gave us our tickets. tree →
• Marie Curie was a woman scientist who won two Nobel Prizes. tree →
• The women's football team won the cup. tree →
• An old woman fed the ducks by the pond. tree →
• "You have killed the holy woman!" tree →

note

Plural «women» (say «WIM-in»), not «womans». Polite: «lady»; plain and respectful: «woman». Maths: people counted; men and women together are added.

In the corpora

• When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.
• A midwife is a nurse trained to care for women and babies during pregnancy, birth and the first days after.
• A widow is a woman whose husband has died, and a widower is a man whose wife has died.
• A woman who is never seen outside may use a wheelchair on a path with steps.
• The longest hair recorded was over five metres, grown by a woman in China.

Trees and pragmatics

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