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# club

noun (club, clubs); verb (club together — share the cost)

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

## Everyday

1. A club is a group of people who meet to do something they like, such as reading, chess or a sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m1)
2. A club is a heavy stick used to hit, or a golf club used to hit a golf ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m2)
3. Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of cards, with a black clover shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m3)
4. To club together means to put money together to buy something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a group whose members are counted; joining or leaving a club changes the count; fees for a club; children in two clubs (Venn diagrams). In everyday life: after-school club, football club, book club, breakfast club. Phrases: «join a club», «a member of a club», «club fee», «golf club», «club together».

### Examples

- The chess club has 18 members. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x1)
- 5 new children joined the club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x2)
- The club fee is 10 dollars a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x3)
- 12 pupils are in both clubs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x4)
- I go to the after-school art club on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x5)
- The giant waved his club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x6)
- She hit the golf ball with her club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x7)
- We clubbed together to buy our teacher a present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x8)
- You will hear our glee-club this evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/club/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a club». You «join» a club and are «in» or «a member of» a club. Maths: a group, members are the things counted. Trap: when pupils are in two clubs, those in both are counted twice if you just add.

## On Mova

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