--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 36 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/36/) [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 36 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Missing means not there, lost, or not yet found.[↗](../../missing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") If one sock is missing, you cannot find it.[↗](../../missing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A missing person or pet is lost and people are looking for it.[↗](../../missing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Missing is also the -ing form of miss: not hitting, not catching, or feeling sad that someone is away.[↗](../../missing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Noticing that someone or something is not there, such as an empty bed.[↗](../../missing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Three puzzle pieces are missing.[↗](../../missing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the missing number: 5 + ?[↗](../../missing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") = 12.[↗](../../missing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has 10 missing pages.[↗](../../missing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cards are missing from the deck?[↗](../../missing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat went missing, so we put up posters.[↗](../../missing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill in the missing word in each sentence.[↗](../../missing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am missing my grandma, who lives far away.[↗](../../missing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept missing the ball at first.[↗](../../missing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Hullo, where is John?” he asked, suddenly missing the third bed.[↗](../../missing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.[↗](../../missing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.25.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../missing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read; no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for My mouth it hath commanded, and the breath thereof it hath gathered them.[↗](../../missing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.34.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../missing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **mission** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mission is an important job someone is sent to do, often far away, like a space mission or a rescue mission.[↗](../../mission/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mission is a trip by a spacecraft or a team of soldiers, scientists or helpers to do a special task.[↗](../../mission/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Someone's mission is the big aim they feel they must achieve: her mission is to save the turtles.[↗](../../mission/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (church) A mission is work by a church to spread its faith and help people, or the place, such as a church or hospital, where missionaries work.[↗](../../mission/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A group of officials sent to another country, such as a diplomatic mission.[↗](../../mission/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (informal) «It was a mission» means a task was really hard work.[↗](../../mission/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The astronauts trained for years before the mission.[↗](../../mission/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mission control talked to the crew by radio.[↗](../../mission/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters went on a rescue mission in the storm.[↗](../../mission/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mission is to get everyone in class reading.[↗](../../mission/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old Spanish mission is now a museum.[↗](../../mission/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a mission statement on the wall.[↗](../../mission/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I finished the last mission in the game\![↗](../../mission/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding a parking space at the beach was a mission (informal).[↗](../../mission/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Several mice offered themselves for this mission and set out to find the young captain.[↗](../../mission/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful.[↗](../../mission/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mission/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **missionary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A missionary is a person sent by a church or religion to another place to spread their faith, and often to run schools, hospitals or help people in need.[↗](../../missionary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Missionary describes this work: missionary work, a missionary school.[↗](../../missionary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) With missionary zeal means with very strong, eager belief in an idea.[↗](../../missionary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* St Patrick was a missionary in Ireland.[↗](../../missionary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.[↗](../../missionary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her aunt does missionary work at a hospital in Uganda.[↗](../../missionary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The missionaries started a school in the village.[↗](../../missionary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus sent his followers out as missionaries.[↗](../../missionary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He talked about recycling with missionary zeal.[↗](../../missionary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sisters were savages who had never seen a missionary.[↗](../../missionary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **missis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, dialect) Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman.[↗](../../missis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Good morning, missis,» said the farmer.[↗](../../missis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The missis made tea for the visitors.[↗](../../missis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hi, missis, where is the road?» he asked.[↗](../../missis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her missis was in the kitchen.[↗](../../missis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mississippian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Mississippian is a person from the US state of Mississippi.[↗](../../mississippian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Mississippian culture was a Native American civilisation that built great earth mounds along the Mississippi valley, about 800 to 1600.[↗](../../mississippian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) The Mississippian is a period of Earth's history about 359–323 million years ago, used in the USA.[↗](../../mississippian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin is a Mississippian.[↗](../../mississippian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mississippian people built huge earth mounds.[↗](../../mississippian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cahokia was the largest Mississippian city.[↗](../../mississippian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal formed in the Mississippian period.[↗](../../mississippian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mississippian farmers grew corn and beans.[↗](../../mississippian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A famous Mississippian writer is William Faulkner.[↗](../../mississippian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **missouri** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Missouri is a state in the middle of the USA.[↗](../../missouri/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Missouri River is the longest river in North America; it flows into the Mississippi.[↗](../../missouri/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Missouri are also a Native American people the state is named after.[↗](../../missouri/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Missouri is in the middle of the United States.[↗](../../missouri/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Missouri River joins the Mississippi near St Louis.[↗](../../missouri/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lewis and Clark travelled up the Missouri.[↗](../../missouri/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kansas City is partly in Missouri.[↗](../../missouri/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark Twain grew up in Missouri.[↗](../../missouri/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Missouri is longer than the Mississippi.[↗](../../missouri/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **misspell** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To misspell a word is to spell it wrongly.[↗](../../misspell/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I misspelled "necessary" in my test.[↗](../../misspell/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't misspell your own name\![↗](../../misspell/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign misspelled "restaurant".[↗](../../misspell/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spell-checker underlines misspelled words.[↗](../../misspell/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She often misspells "because".[↗](../../misspell/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your work for misspellings.[↗](../../misspell/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **misspoke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism, official) said something untrue or wrong — often to avoid admitting a lie.[↗](../../misspoke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literal) said the wrong word by accident.[↗](../../misspoke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The minister said she misspoke about the numbers.[↗](../../misspoke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry, I misspoke — I meant Tuesday.[↗](../../misspoke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · News: The spokesman later said he had misspoken.[↗](../../misspoke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chat: «misspoke» = got caught[↗](../../misspoke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher misspoke and called me by my sister's name.[↗](../../misspoke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **misstate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To say or write something wrongly or falsely, such as facts or numbers, by mistake or on purpose.[↗](../../misstate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The report misstated the number of pupils at the school.[↗](../../misstate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He misstated the date of the battle in his essay.[↗](../../misstate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The company misstated its profits and got into trouble.[↗](../../misstate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please check your notes so you don't misstate the facts.[↗](../../misstate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The article misstated what the scientist had found.[↗](../../misstate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was careful not to misstate the rules of the game.[↗](../../misstate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign misstated the opening times.[↗](../../misstate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you misstate a number in step one, every later answer will be wrong.[↗](../../misstate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **misstatement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A statement that is wrong or not exact, often by accident.[↗](../../misstatement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A false figure or claim in an official report or accounts.[↗](../../misstatement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coach admitted his misstatement about the score.[↗](../../misstatement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a misstatement in the newspaper, and they printed a correction.[↗](../../misstatement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A misstatement of the price confused the shoppers.[↗](../../misstatement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The report had a misstatement: it said 50 pupils, not 15.[↗](../../misstatement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please check your notes for any misstatement before you present.[↗](../../misstatement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister said it was a misstatement, not a lie.[↗](../../misstatement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **misstep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wrong step when walking, which can make you trip or fall.[↗](../../misstep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mistake in what you do or decide.[↗](../../misstep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One misstep on the icy path and he slipped.[↗](../../misstep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Choosing that shortcut was a misstep.[↗](../../misstep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dancer made a small misstep but kept going.[↗](../../misstep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's misstep cost them the game.[↗](../../misstep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On a cliff path, a misstep can be dangerous.[↗](../../misstep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned from our missteps and did better next time.[↗](../../misstep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pumpkin is an exceedingly awkward thing to carry, and the Irishman had not gone far before he made a misstep, and stumbled.[↗](../../misstep/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **missus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A man's way of talking about his wife or partner: the missus.[↗](../../missus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) A way to address a woman you don't know, especially in old-fashioned or working-class speech: «Need a hand, missus?».[↗](../../missus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Mrs.[↗](../../missus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The mistress of a house, the woman in charge of a home where someone works, as used in old-fashioned speech.[↗](../../missus/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I'd better get home to the missus,» said Uncle Pete.[↗](../../missus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Morning, missus!» called the milkman.[↗](../../missus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The missus and I are going on holiday.[↗](../../missus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ask the missus if she wants a cup of tea.»[↗](../../missus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «You dropped your glove, missus.»[↗](../../missus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad still calls Gran «the missus».[↗](../../missus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "By virtue of my three feathers may the copper be lit, and the clothes washed, and mangled, and folded, and put away to the missus's satisfaction."[↗](../../missus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **missy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A way of speaking to a young girl, often in a playful, teasing or slightly cross way: «Listen, missy!».[↗](../../missy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A young lady; a miss.[↗](../../missy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Don't you talk back to me, missy!» said Grandma.[↗](../../missy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Come along, little missy, time for bed.»[↗](../../missy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper winked: «What can I get for you, missy?»[↗](../../missy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Listen here, young missy, homework first.»[↗](../../missy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Missy is also a nickname for girls named Melissa.[↗](../../missy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle calls my sister «missy» when she bosses him around.[↗](../../missy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “There’s none can save you now, missy,” Mullins hissed jeeringly.[↗](../../missy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lots of tiny drops of water in the air close to the ground, making it hard to see far; a thin kind of fog.[↗](../../mist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fine spray of liquid.[↗](../../mist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To cover something with tiny drops: «the mirror misted up».[↗](../../mist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) If your eyes mist, tears come.[↗](../../mist/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A feeling of confusion or dizziness, as if your thoughts are clouded.[↗](../../mist/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hills were covered in mist.[↗](../../mist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom mirror misted up after my shower.[↗](../../mist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drive slowly in thick mist.[↗](../../mist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The morning mist cleared when the sun came out.[↗](../../mist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sprays a fine mist of water on the plants.[↗](../../mist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eyes misted with tears.[↗](../../mist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As he looked a mist came over his senses.[↗](../../mist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.[↗](../../mist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mistake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that is wrong, like a wrong answer or a wrong action.[↗](../../mistake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something done that you later wish you had not done.[↗](../../mistake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to think one person or thing is another: «I mistook him for his brother».[↗](../../mistake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* By mistake: without meaning to.[↗](../../mistake/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I made a mistake in my sum.[↗](../../mistake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your work for spelling mistakes.[↗](../../mistake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone makes mistakes.[↗](../../mistake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I took your pencil by mistake.[↗](../../mistake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learn from our mistakes.[↗](../../mistake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She mistook the salt for sugar.[↗](../../mistake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Opening the door to a stranger would be a mistake.[↗](../../mistake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It's okay — it was a mistake, not on purpose.[↗](../../mistake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Oh, your majesty, it was a mistake\![↗](../../mistake/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seven Heavens and the Seven Earths are printed with errors, and I believe intentional mistakes, in many occult ancient books.[↗](../../mistake/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mistake/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Again, I have to add that I have not only endeavored to correct a great many mistakes and erroneous ideas of my predecessors, but I have also endeavored to give more complete annotations.[↗](../../mistake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../mistake/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The author of the Sefer Yetzirah apparently cautioned against the very errors and mistakes into which all writers on Hebrew grammar have fallen.[↗](../../mistake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mistake/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **mistaken** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wrong in what you think or believe: «You are mistaken».[↗](../../mistaken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Mistaken for» means thought to be someone or something else: «He was mistaken for his twin».[↗](../../mistaken/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Based on a wrong idea: «a mistaken belief».[↗](../../mistaken/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm sorry, you are mistaken; this is my bag.[↗](../../mistaken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was mistaken for her older sister.[↗](../../mistaken/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If I'm not mistaken, the bus leaves at eight.[↗](../../mistaken/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a mistaken idea that bats are blind.[↗](../../mistaken/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police arrested the wrong man in a case of mistaken identity.[↗](../../mistaken/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I had mistaken the date of the party.[↗](../../mistaken/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was mistaken about the answer.[↗](../../mistaken/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But in this he was mistaken\![↗](../../mistaken/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mistakenly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Because of a mistake; wrongly: «He mistakenly took my bag».[↗](../../mistakenly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Believing something that is not true: «Many people mistakenly think bulls hate red».[↗](../../mistakenly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I mistakenly put salt in my tea instead of sugar.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people mistakenly believe that bulls hate the colour red; they react to movement.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She mistakenly got on the wrong bus.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The parcel was mistakenly delivered next door.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He mistakenly thought the test was tomorrow.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People once mistakenly thought the Earth was flat – in fact, educated people have known it is round for over 2,000 years.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The email was mistakenly sent to the whole school.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The goal was mistakenly ruled out by the referee.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But the shepherd, returning to the fold during the night to obtain meat for the next day, mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep, and killed him instantly.[↗](../../mistakenly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mistletoe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas.[↗](../../mistletoe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We hung mistletoe over the door at Christmas.[↗](../../mistletoe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mistletoe grows high in the oak tree.[↗](../../mistletoe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The white berries of mistletoe are not good to eat.[↗](../../mistletoe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy hid a sprig of mistletoe in her basket.[↗](../../mistletoe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mistranslate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To translate words from one language into another wrongly, so the meaning changes.[↗](../../mistranslate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sign was mistranslated and said «Please slip carefully».[↗](../../mistranslate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you mistranslate one word, the whole sentence can change.[↗](../../mistranslate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The online tool mistranslated my French homework.[↗](../../mistranslate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The menu was so mistranslated that «chicken» became «kitchen».[↗](../../mistranslate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Translators check their work so they don't mistranslate anything.[↗](../../mistranslate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some famous mistakes came from mistranslated words.[↗](../../mistranslate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: French «actuellement» means «currently», and it is often mistranslated as «actually».[↗](../../mistranslate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mistranslation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wrong translation from one language into another, where the meaning has been changed by mistake.[↗](../../mistranslation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sign said «Slip carefully», a mistranslation of «Watch out, slippery».[↗](../../mistranslation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The menu had a funny mistranslation: «fried ice».[↗](../../mistranslation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mistranslation can cause big misunderstandings between countries.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Idioms like «it's raining cats and dogs» often lead to mistranslations.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher showed us mistranslations made by computer programs.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One word with two meanings can cause a mistranslation.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mistranslations in instructions made building the bookshelf hard.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Translators check their work carefully to avoid mistranslation.[↗](../../mistranslation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/35/) **36** 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