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# geography

noun (geography)

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

## Everyday

1. The school subject about the Earth: places, countries, land, weather, rivers, people and how they live. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#m1)
2. The way a place is laid out: «the geography of the school». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school, geography lessons cover maps, continents, climates, rivers, mountains and cities. Physical geography is about land and weather; human geography is about people, towns and jobs. In everyday talk: «I don't know the geography of this town» = where things are.

### Examples

- We drew a map in geography today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x1)
- Geography is my favourite subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x2)
- In geography we learned about rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x3)
- She has a good knowledge of world geography. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x4)
- I'm still learning the geography of my new school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x5)
- Our geography topic is volcanoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x6)
- This is the end of the geography lesson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geography/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Abbreviation: geog. Spelling: geo- (earth) + -graphy (writing). Person: geographer.

## On Mova

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