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# funeral

noun (a funeral, funerals); adjective (funeral — funeral home, funeral service)

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

## Everyday

A ceremony held after someone dies, when family and friends say goodbye and remember the person, and the body is buried or cremated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#m1)

### In the lessons

In feelings lessons, a funeral helps people share grief and memories; it is OK to cry, and also OK to smile at happy memories. In everyday life, people often wear dark clothes and are quiet and respectful at a funeral; customs differ between religions and cultures. Phrases: go to a funeral, funeral service, funeral home, funeral procession.

### Examples

- We went to Grandpa's funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x1)
- People wore black to the funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x2)
- At the funeral we shared stories about her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x3)
- It's OK to feel sad at a funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x4)
- We held a little funeral for our goldfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x5)
- The cars drove slowly in the funeral procession. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x6)
- He came to his mother's funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/funeral/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelling: f-u-n-e-r-a-l (nothing to do with "fun"). Manners: speak quietly and be kind to the family. Every culture has its own funeral customs.

## On Mova

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