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# oscar

noun, name (an Oscar, Oscars; Oscar — a boy's name)

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

## Everyday

1. An Oscar is a gold statue given each year as a top prize for films, also called an Academy Award. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#m1)
2. Oscar is a boy's name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#m2)
3. In the spelling alphabet used on radios, "Oscar" stands for the letter O. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, the Oscars are a famous film award show in Hollywood, USA. In stories and class, Oscar is a common name. Pilots, police and sailors say "Oscar" for O so letters are not misheard (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie…).

### Examples

- The film won three Oscars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x1)
- She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x2)
- My best friend is called Oscar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x3)
- We watched the Oscars on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x4)
- In the radio alphabet, O is "Oscar". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x5)
- Oscar the cat sleeps on my bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oscar/#x6)

### Note

Name and prize are written with a capital O. Plural for the prizes: Oscars. Not a common word otherwise.

## On Mova

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