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# pageant

noun (a pageant, pageants)

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

## Everyday

1. A show or procession where people dress up and act out scenes from history or stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#m1)
2. A beauty contest (especially USA). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#m2)
3. A grand, colourful display. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#m3)

### In the lessons

At school a nativity pageant tells the Christmas story; towns hold historical pageants. In the USA beauty pageants are competitions.

### Examples

- Our school put on a pageant about the Romans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#x1)
- The nativity pageant had shepherds and kings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#x2)
- The town pageant marched through the streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#x3)
- She entered a beauty pageant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#x4)
- The pageant of autumn colours was beautiful.. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pageant/#x5)

### Note

Say: PAJ-unt. Plural: pageants. Also «pageantry» (grand display).

## On Mova

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