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# comic

noun (comic, comics); adjective (comic — funny)

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

## Everyday

1. A comic is a book or magazine that tells a story with pictures in boxes and words in speech bubbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#m1)
2. Comic means funny, making people laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#m2)
3. A comic is also a person who tells jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#m3)
4. Comic can also describe something connected with comedy in the theatre, such as a comic mask. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#m4)

### In the lessons

maths: a thing counted, bought, sold or read; comic books often have prices or pages; English: making a comic strip, speech bubbles; stories: superheroes, a comic moment; everyday life: reading comics at the library

### Examples

- Leo has 24 comics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x1)
- A comic costs $3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x2)
- She reads 2 comics every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x3)
- He gave 5 comic books to his brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x4)
- We made our own comic strip in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x5)
- The words go in speech bubbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x6)
- The clown did a comic dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x7)
- My favourite comic is about a dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x8)
- THALIA, the muse of Comedy, carries in her right hand a shepherd's crook, and has a comic mask beside her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comic/#x9)

### Note

Just the thing counted; the numbers around it carry the problem. Trap: «comic» and «comic book» are the same item, count them together. «Comical» also means funny.

## On Mova

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