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# bachelor

noun (a bachelor, bachelors)

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

## Everyday

1. A man who is not married and never has been. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#m1)
2. (school) A first university degree, such as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#m2)
3. (informal) A bachelor pad is a flat where an unmarried man lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday talk about family and adult life, and in talk about university (a bachelor's degree). In stories, a bachelor uncle often lives alone. Phrases: bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science, a confirmed bachelor, bachelor party (US).

### Examples

- My uncle is a bachelor who lives with three cats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x1)
- My sister is studying for a bachelor's degree in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x2)
- She has a Bachelor of Arts in history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x3)
- The prince was the most famous bachelor in the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x4)
- The bachelor finally married at fifty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x5)
- Dad's friends threw him a bachelor party before the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x6)
- A bachelor's degree usually takes three or four years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x7)
- And the butterfly became what is called an old bachelor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bachelor/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: bachelor has no t (not "batchelor"). For a woman, the old word was spinster, now rarely used; people just say "single". The degree is spelled with an apostrophe: bachelor's degree.

## On Mova

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