ephemera
noun (ephemera, plural of ephemeron)
Everyday
- Ephemera are insects, such as mayflies, that live only a very short time as adults. tree →
- Ephemera are printed things, such as tickets or posters, that are kept for a short time. tree →
In the lessons
in stories, the short-lived insects that live only one summer day; in talk, the second sense is used by collectors
Examples
- The ephemera danced over the river all afternoon. tree →
- The ephemera of one summer day seemed endless to them. tree →
- The museum keeps old ticket ephemera from the fair. tree →
- Each ephemera in the box was a poster from a show. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «ephemera» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ephemera» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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