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# masquerade

noun (masquerade, masquerades); verb (masquerade, masquerades, masqueraded, masquerading)

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

## Everyday

1. A masquerade is a party where people wear masks and costumes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masquerade/#m1)
2. To masquerade is to pretend to be someone you are not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masquerade/#m2)

### In the lessons

people in strange costumes or disguises in a tale, or a pretence that hides the truth

### Examples

- What odd figures! They must be returning from some masquerade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masquerade/#x1)
- The good folks come probably from a masquerade! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masquerade/#x2)
- The thief masqueraded as a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masquerade/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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