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# occident

noun (the occident; usually with «the»)

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

## Everyday

1. The Occident is the Western part of the world, meaning Europe and the countries settled from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occident/#m1)
2. (old use) The Occident is the West, as opposed to the East. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occident/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories and history lessons, the Occident names the Western lands, set against «the Orient» (the East); in lessons it shows which tales came from which part of the world

### Examples

- «Orient and Occident» meet in this book of old tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occident/#x1)
- Stories travelled from the Orient to the Occident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occident/#x2)
- Our teacher explained the difference between the Occident and the Orient. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/occident/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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