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# hall

noun (hall, halls)

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

## Everyday

1. A hall is a big room for meetings, concerts, plays or school assemblies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#m1)
2. A hall, or hallway, is a passage inside a building, or the space by the front door of a house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#m2)
3. Some big buildings are called halls, like a town hall or a hall of residence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#m3)
4. A Hall of Fame honours famous people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#m4)

### In the lessons

A place with seats or people counted, rows of chairs, or a floor with area. In everyday life: school hall, assembly, town hall, sports hall. In safety: do not run in the hall. Phrases: «school hall», «town hall», «down the hall», «hall pass».

### Examples

- The hall has 20 rows of 15 chairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x1)
- 300 people came to the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x2)
- The school hall is 30 m long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x3)
- How many seats are empty in the hall? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x4)
- We sang at assembly in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x5)
- The bathroom is down the hall on the left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x6)
- Leave your wet boots in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x7)
- You need a hall pass to leave the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x8)
- The banqueting hall was in tumult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hall/#x9)

### Note

Rows × chairs per row gives the seats; seats minus people gives the empty seats. Otherwise it is only a place. Homophone: haul (to pull something heavy).

## On Mova

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