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# halo

noun (a halo, haloes or halos)

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

## Everyday

1. A ring or circle of light drawn around the head of a holy person or angel in pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#m1)
2. A ring of light around the Sun or Moon, made by ice crystals in the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#m2)
3. (informal) Behaviour that makes someone seem perfectly good: «Her halo slipped» = she did something naughty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#m3)
4. A halo can also be a glowing ring of light around something other than a head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#m4)

### In the lessons

In church art and Bible pictures saints and angels have haloes. In science a halo round the Moon is caused by light bending in ice crystals in thin clouds. In everyday talk «his halo slipped» is a joke about a good child behaving badly. Phrases: «a halo around the Moon», «halo effect».

### Examples

- The angel in the painting has a golden halo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x1)
- There was a halo around the Moon last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x2)
- Ice crystals high in the sky can make a halo around the Sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x3)
- My little brother acts like he has a halo, but he ate the cake! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x4)
- In nativity plays the angels wear tinsel haloes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x5)
- Presently the background of the hall opened and the tree of knowledge appeared, surrounded by a halo of glory that almost blinded him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halo/#x6)

### Note

Plural: haloes or halos — both accepted. Say HAY-lo. Not «hallo» (hello).

## On Mova

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