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# mrs

«mrs» in Mova's school dictionary: **a title put before the family name of a married woman, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation, title (Mrs, used before a family name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mrs is a title put before the family name of a married woman, as in Mrs Smith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#m1)

2) Children often use it to speak to or about their teacher: Good morning, Mrs Brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school: polite way to address women teachers and neighbours. In stories it tells you the character is an adult (usually married) woman. Related titles: Mr (man), Miss (unmarried woman or girl, also used for teachers in the UK), Ms (any woman, married or not), Dr (doctor).

### examples

- Mrs Patel is my teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x1)
- Good morning, Mrs Jones! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x2)
- Mrs Brown lives next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x3)
- Please give this note to Mrs Lee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x4)
- Mr and Mrs Smith have two children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x5)
- Mrs Wilson read us a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x6)
- Is it Mrs or Ms? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x7)
- Our head teacher is Mrs Green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x8)
- He took Mrs. Darling’s kiss with him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mrs/#x9)

### note

Always written with a capital M. Pronounced «MISS-iz». In British English no full stop (Mrs); in American English with one (Mrs.). Use with the family name, not the first name: Mrs Smith, not Mrs Anna. If you do not know if a woman is married, Ms is safe.

### In the corpora

- [You call teachers Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/3/)
- [Teachers are called Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/256-questions-group-work-and-adults-at-school/13/)
- [Bored on a dark evening and egged on by older boys, he threw a firecracker at old Mrs Reid's door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/5/)
- [Mrs Okafor thinks, and says: «That's a fair question, Sam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/368-speaking-up-is-bravery-too/9/)
- [Mrs Okafor quietly asked which one was true.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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