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# refugee

noun (a refugee, refugees)

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

## Everyday

1. A refugee is a person who has had to leave their home country because of war, danger or being treated cruelly, and who has gone to live somewhere safer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#m1)
2. More loosely, anyone who has had to escape from a place: «refugees from the flood». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, history and citizenship lessons refugees come up in topics on war, migration and human rights. In stories, a refugee child often has to learn a new language and make friends in a new school. Phrases: «refugee camp», «refugee status», «asylum seeker», «flee as a refugee», «welcome refugees».

### Examples

- A new girl in our class is a refugee from a country at war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x1)
- The family lived in a refugee camp for two years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x2)
- Refugees often leave with only what they can carry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x3)
- Our school collected warm coats for refugees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x4)
- Many people became refugees after the earthquake destroyed their towns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x5)
- The book tells the story of a refugee boy crossing the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x6)
- Countries have laws that protect refugees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refugee/#x7)

### Note

Countable: one refugee, two refugees; stress on the last part: ref-u-GEE. A refugee is not the same as a migrant: a migrant may move by choice (for work), a refugee has to flee. An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection and is still waiting for an answer. Speak respectfully: refugees are ordinary people in a hard situation.

## On Mova

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