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# leaflet

noun (a leaflet, leaflets); verb (leaflet, leaflets, leafleted, leafleting)

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

## Everyday

1. A leaflet is a small printed sheet of paper, sometimes folded, that gives information or advertises something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m1)
2. (science) A leaflet is a small leaf that is part of a bigger leaf, like on a clover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m2)
3. To leaflet an area is to hand out leaflets there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school letters and leaflets go home in bags; in safety lessons leaflets explain fire safety. In maths: counting leaflets delivered. In science: leaflets on compound leaves. Phrases: hand out leaflets, information leaflet.

### Examples

- A leaflet about the school fair came home in my bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x1)
- Read the leaflet before taking the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x2)
- We delivered 50 leaflets on our street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x3)
- The fire safety leaflet says to check smoke alarms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x4)
- A clover leaf has three leaflets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x5)
- They leafleted the town about the lost cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x6)
- Pick up a free leaflet at the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x7)
- If each house gets 2 leaflets, 30 houses need 60 leaflets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x8)
- It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leaflet/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Similar: flyer, pamphlet, brochure. Verb past: leafleted (one t is most common). "Leaf" + "-let" (small).

## On Mova

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