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Pupil is an English word with synonyms like student or younker. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Pupil in a sentence

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Pupil meaning

  1. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
  2. One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.
  3. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

Synonyms of Pupil

student younker youth young person school-age child schoolchild aperture enrollee educatee spring chicken

Using Pupil

  • The main meaning on this page is: A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. | One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field. | An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
  • Useful related words include: student, younker, youth, young person.
  • In the example corpus, pupil often appears in combinations such as: pupil at, former pupil, pupil of.

Context around Pupil

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Pupil

  • In this selection, "pupil" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, entrance, exit, former, best, grazyna and pippa stand out and add context to how "pupil" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a deaf pupil said signed and a fond pupil and perhaps. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pupil" sits close to words such as aggressively, bye and carpenter, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pupil

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A 14-year-old pupil was also injured. (8 words)

Among the five passengers was Hamish Harding, former pupil of The King's School in Gloucester. (16 words)

The ward categories included best pupil, best girl-child performing pupil, best teacher and best academic performing school. (18 words)

The component S1 of the system, situated between the aperture stop and the object O, projects an image of the diaphragm, termed by Abbe the entrance pupil; the exit pupil is the image formed by the component S2, which is placed behind the aperture stop. (45 words)

Also sent home on Tuesday were a year ten pupil, who was wearing a pair of Nike walking boots which were entirely black, a year nine student who was wearing ballet pumps and an 11-year-old on her first ever day at secondary school. (45 words)

Also speaking as a parent of a P1 pupil at the school, Mairaid is concerned that if the school closes, her child will have to travel “considerably longer distances” to get to school, and that she would lose her connection with her local community. (44 words)

Example sentences (20)

A grade 10 pupil has been fatally stabbed by another, a teacher has been filmed assaulting a pupil and 39 pupils were hospitalised due to suspected poisoning, all in one week.

Hearing pupil Grazyna Branicka and Merisa Reinholde, a deaf pupil, said/signed: “Pupils learning to sign at Claypotts, Craigie and Braeview is important because it means deaf pupils are being included.

The ward categories included best pupil, best girl-child performing pupil, best teacher and best academic performing school.

Year 10 pupil Pippa Sherriff and year 12 pupil Annalise Wilson have both recently been selected in the Otago women’s tennis team to play in Timaru.

The average attainment score for a white pupil on free school meals is still higher than the attainment of a pupil from any other ethnic group who is on free school meals, with the exception of pupils from a Chinese background.

Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 128. The early days of Marcus' reign were the happiest of Fronto's life: his pupil was beloved by the people of Rome, an excellent emperor, a fond pupil, and, perhaps most importantly, as eloquent as could be wished.

If the system be entirely behind the aperture stop, then this is itself the entrance pupil (front stop); if entirely in front, it is the exit pupil (back stop).

Refraction in the cornea causes the effective aperture (the entrance pupil in optics parlance) to differ slightly from the physical pupil diameter.

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Since the maximum aperture of the pencils issuing from O is the angle u subtended by the entrance pupil at this point, the magnitude of the aberration will be determined by the position and diameter of the entrance pupil.

The component S1 of the system, situated between the aperture stop and the object O, projects an image of the diaphragm, termed by Abbe the entrance pupil; the exit pupil is the image formed by the component S2, which is placed behind the aperture stop.

This ray, named by Abbe a principal ray (not to be confused with the principal rays of the Gaussian theory), passes through the center of the entrance pupil before the first refraction, and the center of the exit pupil after the last refraction.

A 14-year-old pupil was also injured.

A big-hearted St Patrick’s Primary pupil has raised over £600 for London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.

A fellow former pupil of Edinburgh Academy who survived sexual and physical abuse by Wares was furious at the delays.

A former pupil at Rydal Penrhos School, Morgan now studies at Durham University, and runs for Durham City Harriers & AC.

Akashic Records of Magic Instructor follow Glenn Radars, a substitute instructor, rather than a pupil with exceptional talents, as is typical of most school anime shows.

Also sent home on Tuesday were a year ten pupil, who was wearing a pair of Nike walking boots which were entirely black, a year nine student who was wearing ballet pumps and an 11-year-old on her first ever day at secondary school.

Also speaking as a parent of a P1 pupil at the school, Mairaid is concerned that if the school closes, her child will have to travel “considerably longer distances” to get to school, and that she would lose her connection with her local community.

Among the five passengers was Hamish Harding, former pupil of The King's School in Gloucester.

And the former Greenwood Academy pupil has now recently graduated with a Master of Performance (Clarinet) with Distinction from the Royal College of Music in London.

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Common combinations with pupil

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pupil" in a sentence?
An example: "A grade 10 pupil has been fatally stabbed by another, a teacher has been filmed assaulting a pupil and 39 pupils were hospitalised due to suspected poisoning, all in one week." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pupil" from authentic English texts.
What does "pupil" mean?
Pupil means: A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
What are synonyms of "pupil"?
Common synonyms of "pupil" include: student, younker, youth, young person, school-age child, schoolchild, aperture, enrollee. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "pupil" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pupil", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.