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# amiss

«amiss» in Mova's school dictionary: **wrong, or not as it should be: «something is amiss»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (not before a noun); adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Amiss means wrong, or not as it should be: «something is amiss». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#m1)

2) «Take it amiss» means be upset or offended by what someone said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#m2)

3) «Come amiss» means be welcome: a little help can never come amiss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a question like «what's amiss?» asks what is wrong

### examples

- «What's amiss with you?» said the Governor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#x1)
- Something is amiss; the cat keeps hiding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#x2)
- Don't take it amiss if I leave early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#x3)
- A little help can never come amiss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amiss» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amiss/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.