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# political

adjective (political; more political, most political)

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

## Everyday

1. About government, how a country is run and the people in power. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#m1)
2. About political parties and elections. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#m2)
3. About power and arguments inside a group, like a school or a company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons it describes leaders, parties, votes and laws. In the news it is everywhere: political party, political leader. In everyday talk «it's all political» means decisions are made for power, not fairness. Phrases: political party, political leader, political map (a map showing countries and borders, not mountains).

### Examples

- The country has three main political parties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x1)
- A political map shows countries and their borders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x2)
- They had a political argument at dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x3)
- The mayor gave a political speech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x4)
- Voting is a political right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x5)
- Choosing the team captain became quite political. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/political/#x6)

### Note

A political map is different from a physical map, which shows mountains and rivers. Noun: politics; person: politician. Political is not the same as polite.

## On Mova

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