--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 33 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/33/) [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 33 [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:* Small or not very important; not serious: «a minor injury».[↗](../../minor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) In law, a person who is not yet an adult (under 18 in many countries).[↗](../../minor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In music, a minor key or chord often sounds sad.[↗](../../minor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US) A second subject studied at university.[↗](../../minor/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was only a minor cut, so Mum put on a plaster.[↗](../../minor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a minor accident in the car park.[↗](../../minor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop cannot sell knives to minors.[↗](../../minor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This song is in a minor key and sounds sad.[↗](../../minor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is a minor character in the book.[↗](../../minor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a minor problem with the projector.[↗](../../minor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Most bumps in the playground are minor.[↗](../../minor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Minor punctuation errors (omitted or incorrect punctuation, mismatched quote marks etc.) have been amended without note.[↗](../../minor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minority** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A minority is the smaller number or part of a group, less than half.[↗](../../minority/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A minority (group) is a group of people who are different in race, religion, language or culture from most people in a country.[↗](../../minority/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law) The time when a person is still a child in law (under eighteen in most places).[↗](../../minority/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Only a minority of the class wanted to stay inside.[↗](../../minority/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People who like broccoli are in the minority here.[↗](../../minority/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Welsh is a minority language in the UK.[↗](../../minority/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The law protects religious minorities.[↗](../../minority/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A small minority of fans behaved badly.[↗](../../minority/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If 12 out of 30 children chose red, red was the choice of a minority.[↗](../../minority/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The party formed a minority government.[↗](../../minority/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **minotaur** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Minotaur is a monster in Greek myths with the body of a man and the head of a bull.[↗](../../minotaur/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It lived in a maze called the Labyrinth on the island of Crete, and the hero Theseus killed it with help from Ariadne's thread.[↗](../../minotaur/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Theseus fought the Minotaur in the Labyrinth.[↗](../../minotaur/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Minotaur had a bull's head and a man's body.[↗](../../minotaur/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of thread to find his way out.[↗](../../minotaur/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · King Minos kept the Minotaur on Crete.[↗](../../minotaur/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a maze with the Minotaur in the middle.[↗](../../minotaur/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Minotaur is a myth, not a real animal.[↗](../../minotaur/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, young people were sent to the Minotaur.[↗](../../minotaur/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class acted out Theseus and the Minotaur.[↗](../../minotaur/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If morning finds thee here, my father will avenge the Minotaur."[↗](../../minotaur/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **minstrel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales.[↗](../../minstrel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The minstrel played his harp in the great hall.[↗](../../minstrel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A minstrel sang of brave knights and dragons.[↗](../../minstrel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children gathered to hear the minstrel.[↗](../../minstrel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.[↗](../../minstrel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.68.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minstrel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But now bring me a minstrel.'[↗](../../minstrel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.[↗](../../minstrel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../minstrel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **mint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mint is a plant with a fresh, strong-tasting leaf used in cooking and in toothpaste.[↗](../../mint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mint is a sweet tasting of mint.[↗](../../mint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mint is a place where a country makes its coins.[↗](../../mint/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To mint coins is to make them.[↗](../../mint/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In mint condition means looking brand new.[↗](../../mint/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We grow mint in the garden.[↗](../../mint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like a mint?[↗](../../mint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Coins are made at the mint.[↗](../../mint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new coins were minted this year.[↗](../../mint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My comic is in mint condition.[↗](../../mint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mint toothpaste makes your mouth feel fresh.[↗](../../mint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Lamb is often served with mint sauce.[↗](../../mint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That house must have cost a mint.[↗](../../mint/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The overseer of the mint struck coins for me.[↗](../../mint/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **minty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Tasting or smelling of mint, the plant used in sweets, toothpaste and gum.[↗](../../minty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK slang, older) In perfect condition, like new (that bike is minty).[↗](../../minty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK slang, older) Angry or annoyed.[↗](../../minty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This toothpaste is very minty.[↗](../../minty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My breath smells minty after brushing.[↗](../../minty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tea had a fresh, minty taste.[↗](../../minty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you want a minty sweet?[↗](../../minty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden smells minty after rain.[↗](../../minty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Those trainers are minty — like brand new\![↗](../../minty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../minty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **minus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Minus means take away.[↗](../../minus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") 7 minus 3 is 4.[↗](../../minus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sign for minus is −.[↗](../../minus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Minus before a number means below zero: minus 5 degrees.[↗](../../minus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A minus is a bad point, a disadvantage: «pluses and minuses».[↗](../../minus/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* After a grade, minus means a bit lower.[↗](../../minus/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* B minus.[↗](../../minus/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What is 10 minus 4?[↗](../../minus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 15 minus 6 equals 9.[↗](../../minus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature was minus 3 degrees.[↗](../../minus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty minus eight is twelve.[↗](../../minus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a minus sign between the numbers.[↗](../../minus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a B minus on my spelling test.[↗](../../minus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One minus of the trip is the long drive.[↗](../../minus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Count down: 3, 2, 1, 0, minus 1.[↗](../../minus/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **minute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A minute is a short length of time; sixty minutes make an hour.[↗](../../minute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A minute can mean a very short time: «Wait a minute».[↗](../../minute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Said differently, minute means very, very small.[↗](../../minute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An hour has 60 minutes.[↗](../../minute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom walks for 15 minutes each day.[↗](../../minute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus comes in 20 minutes.[↗](../../minute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A minute has 60 seconds.[↗](../../minute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait a minute, I'm nearly ready\![↗](../../minute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Boil the egg for 5 minutes.[↗](../../minute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We finished the project at the last minute.[↗](../../minute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The minute hand points to 6 at half past.[↗](../../minute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Wait a minute!” called the Scarecrow.[↗](../../minute/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation.[↗](../../minute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../minute/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **minx** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A minx is a cheeky, sly girl who teases or behaves in a pert way; an old-fashioned name for a saucy girl.[↗](../../minx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Oh, you little minx!" said Gran, laughing.[↗](../../minx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The minx hid the sweets behind her back.[↗](../../minx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The idle minx would not help with the dishes.[↗](../../minx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **miracle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God.[↗](../../miracle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very lucky or surprising event (it's a miracle nobody was hurt).[↗](../../miracle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something amazing (a miracle of modern science).[↗](../../miracle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was a miracle that nobody was hurt in the crash.[↗](../../miracle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story tells of a miracle in which water turned into wine.[↗](../../miracle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new medicine worked like a miracle.[↗](../../miracle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It'll be a miracle if my room is tidy by tonight\![↗](../../miracle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers can work miracles with tired children.[↗](../../miracle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's survival after the fall was a small miracle.[↗](../../miracle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is she not a miracle of beauty and grace?[↗](../../miracle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The principle of position is the "miracle" that makes one, many and many, one.[↗](../../miracle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../miracle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **miraculous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Like a miracle; amazing and hard to explain: a miraculous escape.[↗](../../miraculous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion) Done by a miracle, through the power of God.[↗](../../miraculous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very good or surprising in its effect: a miraculous cure.[↗](../../miraculous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was miraculous that the cat survived the fall.[↗](../../miraculous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team made a miraculous comeback.[↗](../../miraculous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat had a miraculous escape from the storm.[↗](../../miraculous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her recovery was miraculous.[↗](../../miraculous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cream did not have miraculous powers after all.[↗](../../miraculous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden made a miraculous change after the rain.[↗](../../miraculous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a miraculous light filled the cave.[↗](../../miraculous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A miraculous cure is effected by a supernatural being.[↗](../../miraculous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../miraculous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../miraculous/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **miraculously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that seems like a miracle; so surprisingly lucky or wonderful that it cannot easily be explained.[↗](../../miraculously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lost dog miraculously found its way home.[↗](../../miraculously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Miraculously, nobody was hurt in the crash.[↗](../../miraculously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The empty basket was miraculously full of bread the next morning.[↗](../../miraculously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mirage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mirage is something you seem to see that is not really there, caused by hot air bending light, like a pool of water on a hot road or in a desert.[↗](../../mirage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mirage is a hope or idea that seems real but is not.[↗](../../mirage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On the hot road ahead, we saw a mirage that looked like water.[↗](../../mirage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The thirsty explorer saw a mirage of an oasis.[↗](../../mirage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mirage is caused by light bending in hot air.[↗](../../mirage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As we got closer, the mirage disappeared.[↗](../../mirage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors sometimes see ships floating in the sky — a kind of mirage.[↗](../../mirage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His hope of winning turned out to be a mirage.[↗](../../mirage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mirages are common in deserts.[↗](../../mirage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You can photograph a mirage — it's not just in your head.[↗](../../mirage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet.[↗](../../mire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To mire is to get stuck in mud, or to be held back in trouble.[↗](../../mire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cart sank deep in the mire.[↗](../../mire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our boots were thick with mire after the rain.[↗](../../mire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse was stuck fast in the mire.[↗](../../mire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can the rush shoot up without mire?[↗](../../mire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.[↗](../../mire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.[↗](../../mire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mirror** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you.[↗](../../mirror/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To mirror something is to copy it exactly or show it like a reflection.[↗](../../mirror/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mirror image is a reflection where left and right are swapped.[↗](../../mirror/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In fairy tales, a magic mirror can talk and answer questions.[↗](../../mirror/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She looked at herself in the mirror.[↗](../../mirror/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mirror reflects light.[↗](../../mirror/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the mirror image of the shape.[↗](../../mirror/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mirror line cuts the butterfly into two equal halves.[↗](../../mirror/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the mirror before you change lanes.[↗](../../mirror/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face mirrored her mother's.[↗](../../mirror/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing looks back to front in a mirror.[↗](../../mirror/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the mirror answered as before:[↗](../../mirror/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../mirror/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirror/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?[↗](../../mirror/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirror/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **mirth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Laughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a group of people.[↗](../../mirth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clown's tricks filled the room with mirth.[↗](../../mirth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children shook with mirth at Dad's joke.[↗](../../mirth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was much mirth and merriment at the feast.[↗](../../mirth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His face was red with mirth.[↗](../../mirth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The field-mice sang carols, and there was great mirth at Mole End.[↗](../../mirth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mirth turned to tears when the puppy ran away.[↗](../../mirth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But now no merry song or noise of mirth was heard from it.[↗](../../mirth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; (Torah GEN.31.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man.[↗](../../mirth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../mirth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man.[↗](../../mirth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mirth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.[↗](../../mirth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'[↗](../../mirth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.[↗](../../mirth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.24.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mirth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **miry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literary) Very muddy and boggy; full of mire (deep, sticky mud).[↗](../../miry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cart got stuck on the miry road.[↗](../../miry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We squelched through the miry field.[↗](../../miry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The psalm says God lifted him out of the miry clay.[↗](../../miry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The miry lane was hard to walk in after the rain.[↗](../../miry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The horses struggled through the miry ground.[↗](../../miry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's car splashed through a miry puddle.[↗](../../miry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after a heavy rain.[↗](../../miry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.[↗](../../miry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.47.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../miry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.[↗](../../miry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.40.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../miry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.[↗](../../miry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../miry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **misadventure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bit of bad luck or an unlucky accident, often a small one.[↗](../../misadventure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law, UK) «Death by misadventure» means a death caused by an accident during a risky but legal activity.[↗](../../misadventure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The book tells of Toad's many misadventures.[↗](../../misadventure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After a few misadventures, we finally found the campsite.[↗](../../misadventure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting lost in the woods was quite a misadventure.[↗](../../misadventure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The holiday was full of small misadventures.[↗](../../misadventure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (law, UK) The coroner said the death was by misadventure.[↗](../../misadventure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice's misadventures in Wonderland kept going wrong.[↗](../../misadventure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Prince told him all about his misadventure, and the condition on which the Emperor had promised to spare his life.[↗](../../misadventure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **misapprehend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To understand something wrongly; to misunderstand.[↗](../../misapprehend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He misapprehended the question and answered the wrong thing.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I think you have misapprehended what I meant.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective misapprehended the clue at first.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not misapprehend the instructions: read them twice.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was under the misapprehension that the trip was on Friday.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king misapprehended the messenger's words and grew angry.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is easy to misapprehend a joke in a text message.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They misapprehended the map and took the wrong path.[↗](../../misapprehend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/32/) **33** [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/34/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/32/) - next →: [page 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/34/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)