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# martial

adjective (martial)

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

## Everyday

1. Connected with fighting or war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#m1)
2. «Martial arts» are fighting sports and skills from Asia and other places, such as karate, judo, kung fu and taekwondo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#m2)
3. «Martial law» is when the army takes control of a country instead of the usual government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PE and hobbies it almost always comes in «martial arts»: children do karate or judo, earn coloured belts, bow to the teacher, and learn self-control and respect. In history lessons «martial law» and «martial music» appear in war times.

### Examples

- My brother does martial arts after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x1)
- Karate and judo are martial arts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x2)
- She got her yellow belt in a martial arts class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x3)
- Martial arts teach discipline and respect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x4)
- The general declared martial law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x5)
- Martial music played as the soldiers marched. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x6)
- A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/martial/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: «martial» (with «-tial», said «MAR-shul»); do not confuse with «marshal» (an officer) or «Martian» (from Mars). Martial arts are for self-control and self-defence, not for hurting people in the playground.

## On Mova

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