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# pollution

noun (pollution — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Pollution is dirt, poison or waste in the air, water or land that harms living things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#m1)
2. The act of making things dirty and harmful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#m2)
3. Unwanted noise or light: noise pollution, light pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in science and geography: air pollution from cars and factories, water pollution, plastic pollution in the oceans. Light pollution hides the stars at night. Lessons explain how to reduce pollution: recycle, walk, use less plastic.

### Examples

- Air pollution can make it hard to breathe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x1)
- Plastic pollution harms sea turtles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x2)
- Cities have more light pollution, so you see fewer stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x3)
- We made posters about pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x4)
- The river was cleaned and the pollution went down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x5)
- Noise pollution from the airport keeps people awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x6)
- Walking to school reduces pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollution/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: "a lot of pollution", not "pollutions". Verb: pollute. Kinds: air, water, land, noise, light, plastic pollution.

## On Mova

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