الإنجليزية

vegetation

gb/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/ us/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
B1 الإنجليزية
~ 8900
المعاني
0 معنى
اسم B1 entity
1

all plants in an area

All the plants in a place, seen together as one group.

نمط الاستخدام: vegetation in [a place]
خطأ شائع:
Learners sometimes confuse "vegetation" with "vegetables". "Vegetation" means plants in general in a place, not food on your plate. Also, "vegetation" is almost always uncountable in this sense: say "a lot of vegetation" or "thick vegetation", not "many vegetations".
المرادفات
plant life (Very close in meaning and register; slightly more informal and more often used in everyday explanations.) | flora (More technical or formal; often used in scientific or written descriptions of the plants of a region.) | greenery (More informal and visual; often suggests pleasant, green plants rather than a neutral or scientific view.)
الأضداد
bare ground (Describes land without any plant cover, the opposite of land covered in vegetation.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
dense vegetation |lush vegetation |tropical vegetation |thick vegetation |sparse vegetation |clear the vegetation
الموضوعات
nature |environment |geography |science |core_vocabulary
أمثلة
  • Thick vegetation along the riverbank makes it difficult to see the water from the road.
  • The island’s tropical vegetation includes palm trees, ferns, and brightly colored flowers.
  • Scientists are studying how climate change is affecting vegetation in the Arctic.
  • Much of the native vegetation was removed to make room for new housing developments.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
  • There is a lot of green vegetation around the lake.
  • The desert has very little vegetation because there is not much rain.
  • We walked through dense vegetation in the forest.
  • The fire destroyed most of the vegetation on the hill.
اسم literary C1 state
2

dull, passive way of living

A very quiet and boring life with almost no change or activity.

نمط الاستخدام: live in (a state of) vegetation
خطأ شائع:
This sense is rare and rather literary. Learners might try to use "vegetation" for "a boring life" in normal speech, but this sounds old-fashioned or strange. In everyday English, it is better to say "a boring life", "a quiet life", or "a life with no change".
المرادفات
idleness (Focuses more on not working or doing things, while "vegetation" adds a sense of long-term dullness and lack of change.) | stagnation (Emphasizes lack of progress or development; similar idea but more common and not metaphorically linked to plants.)
الأضداد
active life (Describes a busy, varied lifestyle, which contrasts with a slow, unchanging life of vegetation.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
a life of vegetation |years of vegetation |mere vegetation
الموضوعات
lifestyle |emotions |daily_life |core_vocabulary
أمثلة
  • He feared spending his retirement in quiet vegetation, doing nothing but watching television.
  • After years of social and cultural vegetation, the town finally began to change.
  • She refused to sink into mere vegetation and signed up for night classes instead.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
  • He did not want a life of slow vegetation in a small town.
  • She felt her days were turning into quiet vegetation with nothing new.
  • After many years of social vegetation, he decided to travel and meet new people.
اسم technical C2 entity
3

abnormal tissue growths (medical)

In medical language, a small mass of abnormal tissue, for example on a heart valve, often caused by disease.

نمط الاستخدام: vegetations on [a body part]
خطأ شائع:
Learners may assume this medical use is related to normal plants, but here "vegetations" are abnormal tissue masses, not real plants. This sense is highly technical and mainly used in medical contexts.
المرادفات
lesion (A general medical term for damaged or abnormal tissue; not all lesions are vegetations, but both refer to abnormal tissue changes.) | growth (A broad, non-technical word for an abnormal lump or mass; "vegetation" is more specific and technical.)
الأضداد
healthy tissue (Refers to normal body tissue without abnormal masses, the opposite of tissue with vegetations.)
المتلازمات اللفظية
valvular vegetations |infective vegetations |vegetations on the mitral valve
الموضوعات
medicine |health |body |science
أمثلة
  • The echocardiogram revealed small vegetations on the aortic valve.
  • Antibiotic therapy led to a marked reduction in the size of the vegetations.
  • Infective endocarditis is often characterized by friable vegetations on the heart valves.
أمثلة للمتعلّمين
  • The doctor found vegetations on the patient’s heart valve.
  • These vegetations are a sign of a serious infection in the heart.
  • After treatment, the vegetations on the valve became smaller.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
vegetation
IPA
GB/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
US/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
المقاطع والنبر
ve - get - a - tion (٤ مقاطع)
Stress on 3rd syllable (a)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
  • Base: vegetation
  • Plural: vegetation, vegetations
عائلة الكلمة
Forms
vegetations noun
Core family
vegetable noun A1 vegetarian noun/adjective A2
Related words
vegetate verb
Advanced or less common
vegetative adjective vegetarianism noun
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