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# avatar

noun (an avatar, avatars)

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

## Everyday

1. A picture or character that stands for you in a game, app or online chat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#m1)
2. (Hinduism) In Hindu belief, a god appearing on Earth in a human or animal form, like Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#m2)
3. (formal) A person who perfectly shows an idea: «an avatar of kindness». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons and online safety, your avatar can be a cartoon instead of a real photo, which is safer. In games you design and dress your avatar. In religious education it is a Hindu word from Sanskrit. Also the name of films and a cartoon.

### Examples

- I made a dragon avatar for my game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x1)
- Use a cartoon avatar instead of your real photo online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x2)
- My avatar has blue hair and a cape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x3)
- In Hindu stories, Rama is an avatar of the god Vishnu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x4)
- She changed her avatar to a picture of her cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x5)
- The avatar walked across the virtual world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avatar/#x6)

### Note

Say «AV-uh-tar». Countable. The Hindu meaning is the original one; the computing meaning is newer. Online safety: an avatar should not show your face, school or address.

## On Mova

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