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# pupil

noun (pupil, pupils)

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

## Everyday

1. A pupil is a child who goes to school and learns from a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m1)
2. A pupil is anyone who learns from a teacher, like a piano pupil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m2)
3. The pupil of the eye is the black circle in the middle that lets light in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: things counted: pupils in a class, a school or on a bus; often shared into groups or rows; «each pupil» marks a rate. In school: «pupil» is common in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; Americans usually say «student». In science: the pupil gets smaller in bright light and bigger in the dark.

### Examples

- There are 28 pupils in the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x1)
- Each pupil gets 3 pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x2)
- The school has 4 classes with 25 pupils in each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x3)
- 6 pupils were absent, how many came? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x4)
- The pupils lined up for assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x5)
- The piano teacher has ten pupils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x6)
- Your pupils get smaller in bright light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x7)
- Shine a torch near your eye and watch the pupil shrink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x8)
- Every pupil wears a school uniform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x9)
- But the King's son said, "Master first, and pupil after." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupil/#x10)

### Note

Pupils are people counted; «each pupil» marks a rate per pupil, so the total is often multiplied. Trap: the pupil of the eye is another meaning; it does not appear in counting problems, but it does in science. Pupils absent + pupils present = all the pupils. Safety: never look straight at the Sun.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths: things counted: pupils in a class, a school or on a bus; often shared into groups or rows; «each pupil» marks a rate. In school: «pupil» is common in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; Americans usually say «student». In science: the pupil gets smaller in bright light and bigger in the dark.

### Examples

- Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pupil/#x1)

### Note

Pupils are people counted; «each pupil» marks a rate per pupil, so the total is often multiplied. Trap: the pupil of the eye is another meaning; it does not appear in counting problems, but it does in science. Pupils absent + pupils present = all the pupils. Safety: never look straight at the Sun.

## On Mova

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