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# ego

noun (plural egos)

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

## Everyday

1. Your ego is the sense of who you are and how important you feel yourself to be. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ego/#m1)
2. Ego can mean too much pride in yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ego/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character's inner self, or pride, that can slip away or be hurt

### Examples

- His ego was hurt when he lost the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ego/#x1)
- She has a big ego. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ego/#x2)
- He felt his ego slipping away from him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ego/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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