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# aura

noun (an aura, auras)

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

## Everyday

1. An aura is a special feeling or quality that seems to surround a person or place, like an air of calm, mystery or importance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#m1)
2. In pictures and stories, an aura is a soft glow of light around someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#m2)
3. (medicine) Some people with migraines or epilepsy get an aura: strange lights, tingles or feelings just before the headache or the fit starts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader how a character or place feels to others: an aura of mystery, power, calm or danger. In art it is the glow around saints or magical beings. Some people believe everyone has a coloured aura that only special people can see; science has found no evidence for this. Phrases: an aura of mystery, an aura of calm, an aura about her.

### Examples

- The old house had an aura of mystery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x1)
- The head teacher had an aura of calm, even when the fire alarm went off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x2)
- In the painting, a golden aura glows around the angel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x3)
- The champion walked onto the court with an aura of confidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x4)
- There was an aura of excitement in the hall before the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x5)
- Before her migraine starts, Mum sees an aura of flashing zigzags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x6)
- The wizard's staff was surrounded by a blue aura. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aura/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an aura, auras. Use «an»: an aura. Usually «an aura of» + a quality: an aura of mystery. Myth: «aura readers» say people give off coloured light; there is no scientific proof of this. Do not confuse with «oral» (spoken or about the mouth), which sounds a bit similar.

## On Mova

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