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# vip

abbreviation (VIP, VIPs)

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

## Everyday

1. A VIP is a «very important person»: someone famous or important who gets special treatment, such as a celebrity, a leader or an honoured guest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#m1)
2. «VIP» describes special areas, tickets or treatment for such people: VIP seats, VIP lounge, VIP pass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it appears at concerts, sports events and parties; at school, a «VIP» might be a visiting guest or a pupil of the week. In maths, ticket problems may have VIP and standard prices. Phrases: «VIP treatment», «VIP area», «VIP tickets», «VIP pass».

### Examples

- The VIPs sat in the front row at the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x1)
- We got VIP treatment at Grandma's birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x2)
- The mayor was a VIP guest at sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x3)
- VIP tickets cost £50 and standard tickets cost £20. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x4)
- Only people with a VIP pass could go backstage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x5)
- I was class VIP this week and fed the fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vip/#x6)

### Note

Always in capitals: VIP; plural VIPs. Said as letters «vee-eye-pee». Use «a VIP» (a vee sound). Not a word on its own in lower case.

## On Mova

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