--- title: M — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 990 words of the school 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/school/M/page/7/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / M # M — The school dictionary · page 7 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/10/) - [misbehave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misbehave/) — To misbehave means to behave badly, to be naughty or not follow the rules. — 9 sentences - [misbehaviour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misbehaviour/) — Bad behaviour; doing things you know are not allowed. — 8 sentences - [miscarriage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscarriage/) — When a baby growing inside its mother dies and comes out too early, long before it could live on its own. — 9 sentences - [mischance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischance/) — Mischance is bad luck, or an unlucky accident that happens by chance. — 4 sentences - [mischief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischief/) — Mischief is naughty behaviour that is usually playful and not very harmful, like playing tricks. — 11 sentences - [mischievous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mischievous/) — Liking to play tricks and cause small trouble in a playful way: a mischievous puppy. — 10 sentences - [misconception](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misconception/) — A wrong idea or belief about something, often one that many people share because they misunderstood it. — 9 sentences - [misconduct](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misconduct/) — Misconduct is bad or wrong behaviour, especially by a person at work or in a responsible job who breaks the rules. — 8 sentences - [miscount](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscount/) — To count wrongly; to make a mistake when counting. — 11 sentences - [miscreant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/) — A miscreant is a wicked person or a villain who does bad deeds. — 4 sentences - [misdeed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdeed/) — A wrong or bad action, especially a crime or a breaking of rules. — 9 sentences - [misdirection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdirection/) — Making people look at or think about the wrong thing so they don't notice what is really happening, used by magicians and tricksters. — 8 sentences - [misdo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/) — To do something wrongly or badly. — 8 sentences - [miser](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miser/) — A miser is a person who hoards money and hates to spend it, even when he has plenty. — 4 sentences - [miserable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserable/) — Miserable means very unhappy. — 11 sentences - [miserably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserably/) — In a very unhappy or wretched way; sadly and with misery. — 4 sentences - [miserly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/) — Miserly means very unwilling to spend money or share things; stingy. — 5 sentences - [misery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misery/) — Great unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind. — 13 sentences - [misfortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misfortune/) — Misfortune is bad luck. — 9 sentences - [misgiving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/) — A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea. — 5 sentences - [mishap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mishap/) — A mishap is a small accident or piece of bad luck that spoils a plan. — 5 sentences - [misinformation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinformation/) — Wrong or false information, often spread by mistake. — 8 sentences - [misinterpret](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misinterpret/) — To misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way. — 5 sentences - [misjudge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misjudge/) — To misjudge something is to guess wrongly about it, like an amount, a distance or a time. — 9 sentences - [mislaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislaid/) — Mislaid means put something somewhere and then could not find it. — 8 sentences - [mislead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mislead/) — To make someone believe something that is not true, by telling them wrong or unclear things. — 8 sentences - [misleading](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misleading/) — Giving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie. — 9 sentences - [mismatch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mismatch/) — A situation where two things do not fit together or do not match: «a mismatch between the picture and the words». — 11 sentences - [misnomer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misnomer/) — A name or word that is wrong or misleading for the thing it describes. — 9 sentences - [misplaced](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misplaced/) — Put somewhere and then not able to find it; lost for a while. — 9 sentences - [misprint](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misprint/) — A mistake in a printed text, such as a wrong letter, word or number. — 10 sentences - [mispronounce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mispronounce/) — To say a word or a name in the wrong way, with the wrong sounds or the wrong stress. — 9 sentences - [misquote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misquote/) — To repeat someone's words wrongly, either by mistake or on purpose to change their meaning. — 10 sentences - [misread](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misread/) — To misread means to read something wrongly. — 10 sentences - [misremember](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremember/) — To misremember something is to remember it wrongly. — 9 sentences - [misremembered](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misremembered/) — gave a false account, said something untrue — often to avoid saying «lied». — 7 sentences - [misrepresent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresent/) — To misrepresent someone or something means to describe them in a false or unfair way, so others get the wrong idea. — 10 sentences - [misrepresentation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/) — Giving a false or twisted picture of something, so people believe what is not true. — 9 sentences - [miss](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miss/) — To miss is to fail to hit, catch or reach something: «I missed the ball». — 16 sentences - [missed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missed/) — Missed means you did not hit or catch something. — 17 sentences - [missile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missile/) — A weapon that flies through the air towards a target, often powered by a rocket and carrying explosives. — 9 sentences - [missing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missing/) — Missing means not there, lost, or not yet found. If one sock is missing, you cannot find it. — 15 sentences - [mission](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mission/) — A mission is an important job someone is sent to do, often far away, like a space mission or a rescue mission. — 15 sentences - [missionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missionary/) — 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… — 10 sentences - [missis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missis/) — Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman. — 5 sentences - [mississippian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mississippian/) — A Mississippian is a person from the US state of Mississippi. — 9 sentences - [missouri](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/) — Missouri is a state in the middle of the USA. — 9 sentences - [misspell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/) — To misspell a word is to spell it wrongly. — 7 sentences - [misspoke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspoke/) — said something untrue or wrong — often to avoid admitting a lie. — 7 sentences - [misstate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstate/) — To say or write something wrongly or falsely, such as facts or numbers, by mistake or on purpose. — 9 sentences - [misstatement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstatement/) — A statement that is wrong or not exact, often by accident. — 8 sentences - [misstep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misstep/) — A wrong step when walking, which can make you trip or fall. — 9 sentences - [missus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missus/) — A man's way of talking about his wife or partner: the missus. — 11 sentences - [missy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missy/) — A way of speaking to a young girl, often in a playful, teasing or slightly cross way: «Listen, missy!». — 9 sentences - [mist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mist/) — Lots of tiny drops of water in the air close to the ground, making it hard to see far; a thin kind of fog. — 12 sentences - [mistake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistake/) — Something that is wrong, like a wrong answer or a wrong action. — 13 sentences - [mistaken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistaken/) — Wrong in what you think or believe: «You are mistaken». — 11 sentences - [mistakenly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistakenly/) — Because of a mistake; wrongly: «He mistakenly took my bag». — 11 sentences - [mistletoe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistletoe/) — Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas. — 5 sentences - [mistranslate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistranslate/) — To translate words from one language into another wrongly, so the meaning changes. — 8 sentences - [mistranslation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistranslation/) — A wrong translation from one language into another, where the meaning has been changed by mistake. — 9 sentences - [mistreated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreated/) — Treated badly, cruelly or unfairly. — 9 sentences - [mistreatment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistreatment/) — Mistreatment is treating a person or animal cruelly or unfairly, for example hurting them, starving them or not caring for them. — 7 sentences - [mistress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistress/) — A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals. — 6 sentences - [mistrust](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mistrust/) — Mistrust is a feeling that someone cannot be trusted or that something is not safe. — 5 sentences - [misty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misty/) — Misty means full of mist, so it is hard to see far. — 10 sentences - [misunderstand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstand/) — To misunderstand is to understand something wrongly, to get the wrong meaning. — 9 sentences - [misunderstanding](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstanding/) — A failure to understand something correctly: «There was a misunderstanding about the time». — 10 sentences - [misunderstood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misunderstood/) — Misunderstood is the past of misunderstand: understood wrongly. — 9 sentences - [misuse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misuse/) — Verb: to use something in a wrong, careless or harmful way. — 9 sentences - [mite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mite/) — A tiny animal with eight legs, related to spiders, often too small to see: dust mites. — 12 sentences - [mitigate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitigate/) — To make something bad less serious, less painful or less harmful. — 9 sentences - [mitt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitt/) — A mitt is a glove with one part for the thumb and one big part for all four fingers together, also called a mitten. — 10 sentences - [mitten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mitten/) — A mitten is a glove that covers the four fingers together in one part and the thumb in a separate part. — 9 sentences - [mix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/) — To mix is to put different things together so they become one. — 13 sentences - [mixed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixed/) — Mixed means made of different kinds put together. A bag of mixed nuts has many kinds of nuts. — 14 sentences - [mixer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixer/) — A machine or tool for mixing things, such as a food mixer in a kitchen or a cement mixer on a building site. — 12 sentences - [mixture](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/) — A mixture is something made by putting different things together, such as cake mixture or a mixture of colours. — 11 sentences - [ml](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ml/) — Short for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre. — 9 sentences - [mm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mm/) — Mm is the short way to write millimetre, a very tiny unit of length. A centimetre has 10 millimetres. — 11 sentences - [mnemonic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonic/) — A mnemonic is a trick that helps you remember something, like a rhyme, a saying or a word made from first letters. — 8 sentences - [mnemonics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mnemonics/) — Mnemonics are tricks that help you remember things, like a rhyme, a sentence or a pattern. — 8 sentences - [mo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mo/) — «A mo» means a moment, a very short time: «half a mo», «wait a mo». — 13 sentences - [moa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moa/) — A moa was a very large flightless bird that lived only in New Zealand; the tallest kinds stood taller than a person when reaching up. — 10 sentences - [moan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moan/) — To make a long low sound because of pain or sadness. — 12 sentences - [moat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moat/) — A moat is a deep, wide ditch dug around a castle or town, usually filled with water, to keep enemies out. — 8 sentences - [mob](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mob/) — A large, noisy, often angry crowd that may become violent. — 13 sentences - [mobile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mobile/) — Mobile means able to move or be moved easily from place to place. — 12 sentences - [moccasin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/) — A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples. — 5 sentences - [mocha](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mocha/) — A coffee drink made with chocolate, hot milk and espresso. — 11 sentences - [mock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mock/) — To mock someone means to laugh at them or copy them in an unkind way to make them look silly. — 11 sentences - [mockery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockery/) — Laughing at someone or something in an unkind way; teasing. — 10 sentences - [mocking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mocking/) — Mocking means laughing at someone or something in an unkind way, often by copying how they speak or move. — 11 sentences - [mockingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mockingly/) — Mockingly means in a way that teases or makes fun of someone. — 5 sentences - [mod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mod/) — A change or add-on made to a video game or a machine by players, not by the makers: «a Minecraft mod». — 12 sentences - [modal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modal/) — A modal, or modal verb, is a helping verb such as can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will or would, which shows how sure, possib… — 10 sentences - [mode](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mode/) — A way or kind of doing something (mode of transport). — 12 sentences - [model](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/) — A model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship. — 16 sentences - [modelling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modelling/) — Making models: small copies of things, or shapes from clay, Plasticine or other materials. — 12 sentences - [modem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/modem/) — A box or device that connects a computer or home network to the internet through a phone line, cable or fibre. — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/page/10/)