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# hamlet

noun (a hamlet, hamlets); proper noun (Hamlet)

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

## Everyday

1. A very small village, often with no church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#m1)
2. (proper noun) Hamlet, a famous play by Shakespeare, and its main character, a prince of Denmark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons on settlements: hamlet → village → town → city, from smallest to largest. In English literature, «Hamlet» is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.

### Examples

- We drove through a tiny hamlet with just five houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x1)
- A hamlet is smaller than a village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x2)
- Sort the settlements: hamlet, village, town, city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x3)
- The hamlet sits at the bottom of the valley. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x4)
- Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x5)
- Only a few families live in the hamlet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x6)
- First you must call together your attendants, and order them to remain in a little hamlet close by until you want them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hamlet/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Settlement order by size: hamlet \< village \< town \< city. With a capital letter it is the play.

## On Mova

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