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# austere

adjective (austerer, austerest)

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

## Everyday

1. Austere means plain and strict, without comfort, luxury or decoration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/austere/#m1)
2. Austere can also mean stern and serious in manner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/austere/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a plain, hard way of life, such as a monk's or a knight's, or a stern person.

### Examples

- The monk lived an austere life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/austere/#x1)
- The room was bare and austere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/austere/#x2)
- The old teacher had an austere face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/austere/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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