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# during

preposition

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

## Everyday

1. During means all through a time: «during the night». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#m1)
2. During means at some point in a time: «He called during dinner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#m2)

### In the lessons

marks the time when something happened: during the week, during the game; at school, rules say what to do during lessons, breaks and fire drills; phrases: «during the day», «during the week», «during the holidays», «during class»

### Examples

- During the week, she read 40 pages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x1)
- He scored 12 points during the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x2)
- During the summer, 25 birds visited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x3)
- How many did they sell during the sale? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x4)
- Please don't talk during the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x5)
- Bats sleep during the day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x6)
- We visited Gran during the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x7)
- During a fire drill, walk quietly outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x8)
- During the night the wolves had eaten it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/during/#x9)

### Note

A time marker, no operation by itself. Trap: «during each week» gives a rate to multiply by the number of weeks. «during» is followed by a noun, not a verb: «during lunch», not «during we eat».

## In Jewish tradition

marks the time when something happened: during the week, during the game; at school, rules say what to do during lessons, breaks and fire drills; phrases: «during the day», «during the week», «during the holidays», «during class»

### Examples

- Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/during/#x1)
- Just as the sphere remains the same during the rotation on its axis in its setting and in its rising; yet it appears to us as if it had undergone a great change on account of its different position. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/during/#x2)

### Note

A time marker, no operation by itself. Trap: «during each week» gives a rate to multiply by the number of weeks. «during» is followed by a noun, not a verb: «during lunch», not «during we eat».

## On Mova

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