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# fleming

proper noun (Fleming, Flemings — a surname; also an old word for a person from Flanders)

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

## Everyday

1. Fleming is a family name. The most famous is Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist who discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic medicine, when he noticed mould killing germs on a dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#m1)
2. Ian Fleming was a British writer who wrote the James Bond spy stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#m2)
3. A Fleming is a person from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons Alexander Fleming's discovery is a famous story of noticing something by luck and studying it carefully; penicillin has saved millions of lives. In everyday life it is a surname. Phrases: Alexander Fleming, Fleming's discovery.

### Examples

- Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x1)
- Fleming noticed that mould had killed the bacteria on his dish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x2)
- Penicillin, found by Fleming, fights infections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x3)
- Ian Fleming wrote books about the spy James Bond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x4)
- Our neighbours are the Flemings at number 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x5)
- The Flemings of Belgium speak Dutch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x6)
- Fleming's discovery started the age of antibiotics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleming/#x7)

### Note

Always a capital F. Related: Flemish (the language and adjective for Flanders). Myth: penicillin does not cure viruses like colds; antibiotics work against bacteria only.

## On Mova

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