Meaning

6 senses
  1. The ethical significance or practical lesson.

    The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

    Moral

    мора́льmorálʹ, назида́ниеnazidánije, поуче́ниеpoučénije

    мора́льmorálʹ, повча́нняpovčánnja, напуча́нняnapučánnja

    the significance of a story or event

  2. (in the plural)Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

    a candidate with strong morals

    Moral

    мора́льmorálʹ, нра́вственностьnrávstvennostʹ

  3. A depiction of good or heroic actions.

  4. (dated, slang)A moral certainty.

  5. (dated, slang)An exact counterpart.

  6. (obsolete)A morality play.

Examples

152 sentences
  1. Tom is moral.

    Том моральний.

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  2. We will give them moral support.

    ruМы окажем им моральную поддержку.

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  3. Tom could use the moral support.

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  4. I'm just here for moral support.

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  5. It was the moral thing to do.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the moral significance or practical lesson:
Русский
By meaning 2
the moral significance or practical lesson:
moral practices or teachings:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the moral significance or practical lesson:

Origin

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)

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Forms

plural: morals
Singularmoral
Pluralmorals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
a depiction of good or heroic actions:messageA1
moral practices or teachings:ethicsmores
Close in meaning
  • the significance of a story or event:lesson

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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