--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 32 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 32 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A miner is a person who digs under the ground to get coal, gold, metal or stones.[↗](../../miner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old stories miners used picks, lamps and carts in dark tunnels.[↗](../../miner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 12 miners in the mine.[↗](../../miner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each miner digs 3 tons of coal a day.[↗](../../miner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A miner found 8 gold nuggets.[↗](../../miner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The miners shared the gold equally.[↗](../../miner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Miners wear helmets with lamps on them.[↗](../../miner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · During the gold rush, many miners came to the river.[↗](../../miner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The canary warned the miners about bad air.[↗](../../miner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The miner pushed the cart out of the tunnel.[↗](../../miner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mineral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A natural, non-living solid substance found in rocks and the ground, like quartz, salt, gold or iron ore.[↗](../../mineral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A substance that our bodies need in small amounts to stay healthy, like calcium for bones and iron for blood.[↗](../../mineral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Mineral water is water from a natural spring that has minerals dissolved in it.[↗](../../mineral/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In British and Irish English, "minerals" can mean fizzy soft drinks.[↗](../../mineral/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Quartz is a common mineral.[↗](../../mineral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk contains the mineral calcium, which helps build strong bones.[↗](../../mineral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants take water and minerals from the soil.[↗](../../mineral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Granite is a rock made of several minerals.[↗](../../mineral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like still or sparkling mineral water?[↗](../../mineral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Diamond is the hardest mineral.[↗](../../mineral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a rock and mineral collection.[↗](../../mineral/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Iron is a mineral that helps your blood carry oxygen.[↗](../../mineral/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mineralogist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scientist who studies minerals — the natural solid materials such as quartz, salt and gold that make up rocks.[↗](../../mineralogist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mineralogist looked at the shiny crystal under a lens.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a mineralogist at the museum.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mineralogist said the «gold» was really fool's gold.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mineralogists use a scale of hardness from 1 to 10.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be a mineralogist when I grow up.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mineralogist scratched the rock to test it.[↗](../../mineralogist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ming** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Míng» means «bright» or «clear» in Mandarin Chinese and is part of words like «míngtiān» (tomorrow) and «míngzi» (name).[↗](../../ming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) The Ming dynasty was a family of emperors who ruled China for nearly three hundred years; it is famous for blue-and-white porcelain and for building much of the Great Wall we see today.[↗](../../ming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Ming is a Chinese personal name or part of one.[↗](../../ming/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK slang) «Minging» means disgusting; «ming» is rarely heard on its own.[↗](../../ming/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") To an English ear it sounds just like it is spelt, «ming».[↗](../../ming/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Mandarin, «míngtiān» means «tomorrow».[↗](../../ming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?» means «What is your name?»[↗](../../ming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum had a blue-and-white Ming vase.[↗](../../ming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Much of the Great Wall that tourists visit was built under the Ming emperors.[↗](../../ming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Ming sits next to me in maths.[↗](../../ming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ming dynasty came after the Mongol rulers of China.[↗](../../ming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinyin «ming» sounds the same as it looks in English.[↗](../../ming/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mingle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mingle is to mix things together so that the parts can no longer be told apart.[↗](../../mingle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To mingle is to move about among people and join in with them.[↗](../../mingle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mix the blue and yellow paint and they mingle into green.[↗](../../mingle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At the party the children mingled and played.[↗](../../mingle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sound of the carts mingled with the church bells.[↗](../../mingle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.[↗](../../mingle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.[↗](../../mingle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth part for the ram, (Torah NUM.29.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works; (Writings PSA.106.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (Writings PSA.102.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.[↗](../../mingle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.9.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mingle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mini** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mini means very small or smaller than usual: a mini pizza, a mini test.[↗](../../mini/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As the start of a word (mini-), it means "small": minibus, minibeast, miniskirt, mini-golf.[↗](../../mini/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A Mini is a small British car.[↗](../../mini/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A mini is a short skirt (a miniskirt).[↗](../../mini/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write your answer on your mini whiteboard.[↗](../../mini/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a minibeast hunt and found three snails.[↗](../../mini/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The party had mini sausages and mini muffins.[↗](../../mini/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class went to the zoo in a minibus.[↗](../../mini/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's have a mini quiz before lunch.[↗](../../mini/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma drove a little red Mini.[↗](../../mini/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We played mini-golf on holiday.[↗](../../mini/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **miniature** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Miniature means very small, a much smaller copy of something.[↗](../../miniature/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A miniature is a tiny model or a very small painting, often of a person's face.[↗](../../miniature/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We rode on a miniature railway at the park.[↗](../../miniature/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My dollhouse has miniature furniture.[↗](../../miniature/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A Shetland pony looks like a miniature horse.[↗](../../miniature/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted a miniature of her grandmother.[↗](../../miniature/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The model village is London in miniature.[↗](../../miniature/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Miniature golf is a fun game.[↗](../../miniature/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This man seeks the fresh sea breeze, while that one climbs the lofty mountain-top, to look down upon the busy life in miniature beneath him."[↗](../../miniature/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **minibus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small bus that carries about 8 to 16 passengers.[↗](../../minibus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The football team went to the match in the school minibus.[↗](../../minibus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A minibus holds 15 children.[↗](../../minibus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We need 3 minibuses for 40 pupils.[↗](../../minibus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The minibus picked us up from the airport.[↗](../../minibus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher drove the minibus to the museum.[↗](../../minibus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone must wear a seat belt on the minibus.[↗](../../minibus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **minim** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (music, UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A note that lasts for two beats in common time; in the US it is called a «half note».[↗](../../minim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old measure) A tiny unit of liquid, about one drop.[↗](../../minim/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (handwriting) A short downward stroke of the pen, as in the letters m, n, u and i.[↗](../../minim/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A minim lasts for two beats.[↗](../../minim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two minims fill one bar in 4/4 time.[↗](../../minim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A dotted minim lasts for three beats.[↗](../../minim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The minim looks like an empty circle with a stick.[↗](../../minim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In America, a minim is called a half note.[↗](../../minim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One minim equals two crotchets.[↗](../../minim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the minim for two counts: «one, two».[↗](../../minim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The song ends on a long minim.[↗](../../minim/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minimalism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (art, design, music) A style that uses very few, simple shapes, colours or notes, leaving out everything that is not needed.[↗](../../minimalism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (lifestyle) Living with fewer things and buying only what you really need.[↗](../../minimalism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Minimalism uses simple shapes and lots of empty space.[↗](../../minimalism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our art teacher showed us minimalism with paintings of single squares.[↗](../../minimalism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new library has a style of minimalism: white walls and plain shelves.[↗](../../minimalism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimalism in music repeats short patterns.[↗](../../minimalism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt tried minimalism and gave away half her clothes.[↗](../../minimalism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimalism can help the planet by reducing waste.[↗](../../minimalism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Phone apps often use minimalism so they are easy to use.[↗](../../minimalism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people find minimalism calming; others find it boring.[↗](../../minimalism/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minimalist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Very simple, using as few things, shapes or decorations as possible: «a minimalist bedroom».[↗](../../minimalist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) An artist, designer or composer who works in the style of minimalism.[↗](../../minimalist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A person who chooses to live with very few possessions.[↗](../../minimalist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her bedroom is minimalist: a bed, a desk and a plant.[↗](../../minimalist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The logo is minimalist, just a simple circle.[↗](../../minimalist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A minimalist artist might paint one line on a canvas.[↗](../../minimalist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a minimalist and owns only 100 things.[↗](../../minimalist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The minimalist poster had three words and lots of white space.[↗](../../minimalist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We designed minimalist book covers in art.[↗](../../minimalist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The music was minimalist, repeating the same few notes.[↗](../../minimalist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimalist packing means only taking what you need.[↗](../../minimalist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minimisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making something as small as possible: «the minimisation of waste».[↗](../../minimisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Finding the smallest possible value of something under some rules.[↗](../../minimisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Making a problem seem less serious than it really is: «minimisation of bullying is harmful».[↗](../../minimisation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school has a waste minimisation plan.[↗](../../minimisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Risk minimisation means wearing a helmet when cycling.[↗](../../minimisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The maths puzzle was about minimisation of the travel distance.[↗](../../minimisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimisation of costs helped the club save money.[↗](../../minimisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying «it's just teasing» can be a minimisation of bullying.[↗](../../minimisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Engineers work on the minimisation of energy use.[↗](../../minimisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimisation and maximisation are both kinds of optimisation.[↗](../../minimisation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The minimisation of plastic packaging is good for the oceans.[↗](../../minimisation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minimise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something as small or as little as possible: minimise the risk.[↗](../../minimise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make something seem less important or serious than it is: don't minimise her worries.[↗](../../minimise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) To make a window on a screen shrink to a small button or icon.[↗](../../minimise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wear a helmet to minimise the risk of head injury.[↗](../../minimise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's minimise waste by recycling.[↗](../../minimise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Minimise the window and open the game again.[↗](../../minimise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He minimised the problem, saying it was nothing.[↗](../../minimise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We want to minimise the cost of the trip.[↗](../../minimise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the door to minimise noise.[↗](../../minimise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the shortest route to minimise travel time.[↗](../../minimise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't minimise your friend's feelings.[↗](../../minimise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minimum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The smallest amount, number or level possible or allowed.[↗](../../minimum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Being the smallest possible or allowed.[↗](../../minimum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the minimum age".[↗](../../minimum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The minimum temperature last night was 2 °C.[↗](../../minimum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You must be a minimum of 120 cm tall for this ride.[↗](../../minimum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep noise to a minimum in the library.[↗](../../minimum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the minimum value in the list: 7, 3, 9, 5.[↗](../../minimum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") It is 3.[↗](../../minimum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He did the bare minimum of homework.[↗](../../minimum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The minimum number of players is four.[↗](../../minimum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **minister** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education.[↗](../../minister/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A minister is a leader in some Christian churches who leads services.[↗](../../minister/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To minister to someone is to look after them.[↗](../../minister/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Prime Minister spoke on television.[↗](../../minister/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The education minister visited our school.[↗](../../minister/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister read from the Bible on Sunday.[↗](../../minister/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each minister is in charge of one department.[↗](../../minister/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses ministered to the sick.[↗](../../minister/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the health minister?[↗](../../minister/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “But he is my prime minister’s son!”[↗](../../minister/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him.[↗](../../minister/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went up into the mount of God.[↗](../../minister/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.24.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.[↗](../../minister/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.[↗](../../minister/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.3.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and Ira also the Jairite was chief minister unto David.[↗](../../minister/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.20.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers.[↗](../../minister/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minister/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **ministry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A government department led by a minister: the Ministry of Education.[↗](../../ministry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The work of a religious leader such as a priest or minister.[↗](../../ministry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) The time someone spends as a government minister or religious minister.[↗](../../ministry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Ministry of Education decides what schools teach.[↗](../../ministry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle works for the Ministry of Transport.[↗](../../ministry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ministry announced new rules for cars.[↗](../../ministry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her father entered the ministry and became a vicar.[↗](../../ministry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ministry of Health gives advice about flu.[↗](../../ministry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each ministry is led by a minister.[↗](../../ministry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister spoke about his ministry in the church.[↗](../../ministry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on a bar.[↗](../../ministry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ministry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.[↗](../../ministry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.12.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ministry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mink** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, long, thin animal of the weasel family with dark brown fur, living near rivers and lakes and good at swimming and hunting.[↗](../../mink/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Its soft, shiny fur, made into expensive coats, or a coat made of it: «a mink coat».[↗](../../mink/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mink slipped into the river and swam away.[↗](../../mink/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · American mink hunt water voles along British rivers.[↗](../../mink/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rich lady wore a mink coat.[↗](../../mink/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fur farming of mink is banned in the UK.[↗](../../mink/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mink are good swimmers and divers.[↗](../../mink/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mink has a thick, dark brown coat.[↗](../../mink/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There, just as he had hoped, he saw the chief mink fishing in a canoe.[↗](../../mink/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **minoan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (history) To do with the Minoans, an ancient Bronze Age civilisation on the Greek island of Crete, from about 3000 to 1100 BC.[↗](../../minoan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from that civilisation.[↗](../../minoan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Minoans lived on the island of Crete.[↗](../../minoan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Minoan palace of Knossos had hundreds of rooms.[↗](../../minoan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Minoan frescoes show dolphins and young people leaping over bulls.[↗](../../minoan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Minoan civilisation is named after the legendary King Minos.[↗](../../minoan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody can yet read the Minoan writing called Linear A.[↗](../../minoan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A huge volcanic eruption on Thera hurt Minoan trade.[↗](../../minoan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Minoan sailors traded with Egypt.[↗](../../minoan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Minoans were one of the first great civilisations in Europe.[↗](../../minoan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/31/) **32** [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/33/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/31/) - next →: [page 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/33/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)