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# vitamin

noun (a vitamin, vitamins)

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

## Everyday

1. Vitamins are tiny natural substances in food that your body needs to stay healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#m1)
2. Each vitamin has a letter name, like vitamin A, B, C, D, E or K. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#m2)
3. A vitamin can also mean a pill with vitamins in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and science lessons, fruit and vegetables are full of vitamins; vitamin C (oranges, kiwis, peppers) helps the body heal, vitamin A (carrots) helps eyes, and vitamin D comes from sunlight and helps bones. A balanced diet gives you the vitamins you need. In safety, vitamin pills are medicine and only taken with an adult. Phrases: vitamin C, full of vitamins, vitamins and minerals.

### Examples

- Oranges are full of vitamin C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x1)
- Carrots have vitamin A, which is good for your eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x2)
- Sunshine helps your skin make vitamin D. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x3)
- Eat lots of fruit and vegetables to get your vitamins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x4)
- Sailors long ago got ill without vitamin C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x5)
- Mum takes a vitamin every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x6)
- Never eat vitamin pills like sweets; they are medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x7)
- Milk and fish have vitamins and minerals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vitamin/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a vitamin, vitamins. Said «VY-ta-min» in the USA and «VIT-a-min» in the UK; both are right. Myth: more vitamins are not always better; too many pills can be harmful. Vitamins are not the same as minerals (like iron and calcium).

## On Mova

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