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# amazon

noun (the Amazon — a river and rainforest; Amazon — a company; an amazon — a strong woman warrior)

«amazon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Amazon is a huge river in South America and the great rainforest around it, the largest rainforest in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m1)
2. Amazon is a big company that sells things online and delivers them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m2)
3. In Greek stories, the Amazons were a tribe of strong women warriors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science, the Amazon rainforest is studied for its many animals and plants, its rain and its importance for the air and climate; it is being cut down, which harms nature. In everyday life, Amazon is a shop people order from online. In myths, Amazons are brave fighters. Phrases: the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon River, order from Amazon.

### Examples

- The Amazon River flows across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x1)
- Jaguars, sloths and toucans live in the Amazon rainforest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x2)
- Many trees in the Amazon are cut down each year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x3)
- Mum ordered a new lunchbox from Amazon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x4)
- The parcel from Amazon came the next day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x5)
- In the Greek story, the Amazons were fierce warriors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x6)
- The Amazon carries more water than any other river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x7)
- But Hera, his implacable enemy, assuming the form of an Amazon, spread the report in the town that a stranger was about to carry off their queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x8)

### Note

It is a name, so write it with a capital letter: the Amazon. The river and rainforest take the: the Amazon; the company has no the. Myth: the Amazon is often called the lungs of the Earth, but much of the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny ocean plants too. Never share passwords or buy online without a grown-up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «amazon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amazon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amazon.html) on Mova free.