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# trivia

noun (no plural; used with a singular verb)

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

## Everyday

1. Trivia are small, unimportant facts or details. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivia/#m1)
2. (old use) Trivia was a name for the goddess Diana, because her statues stood where three roads met. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivia/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales the goddess is called Trivia, meaning 'of three ways'; in lessons trivia means small details that do not matter

### Examples

- The quiz asked for trivia about the moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivia/#x1)
- He knows a lot of trivia about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivia/#x2)
- Diana was called Trivia, the goddess of three roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trivia/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; trivia in a problem are small details that do not change the answer.

## On Mova

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