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# artificial

adjective

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

## Everyday

1. Artificial means made by people, not natural. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#m1)
2. Artificial means a copy of something natural: «artificial flowers». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#m2)
3. Artificial behaviour is not sincere; fake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and design lessons: natural versus artificial (man-made) materials, artificial light, artificial sweeteners. In computing: artificial intelligence (AI) means computer programs that do tasks needing thinking. In stories, an «artificial smile» is fake.

### Examples

- The pitch is made of artificial grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x1)
- Plastic is an artificial material. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x2)
- We read by artificial light at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x3)
- Artificial flowers never need water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x4)
- Artificial intelligence helps computers understand speech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x5)
- Her smile looked artificial. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x6)
- This drink has no artificial colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x7)
- Then the artificial bird had to sing alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artificial/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: arti-fi-cial (ends in «-cial»). Adverb: artificially. Opposite: natural. Not everything artificial is bad, and not everything natural is safe.

## On Mova

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