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# ephemeral

adjective (more ephemeral, most ephemeral)

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

## Everyday

Ephemeral means lasting only a very short time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a joy or a life that is over very quickly; also used for things like fashions

### Examples

- The ephemeral fly lives only one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x1)
- The joy of the first snow was ephemeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x2)
- Fame can be ephemeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x3)
- Their fun was ephemeral and ended at dusk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemeral/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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