mr

«mr» in Mova's school dictionary: Mr: a polite title used before a man's family name or… — 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 (Mr — title before a man's surname; plural Messrs, rare)

meaning for a pupil

Mr: a polite title used before a man's family name or full name, like Mr Smith or Mr John Brown. It is short for «Mister». tree →

sense in the lessons

At school pupils call male teachers «Mr» plus their surname (Mr Jones). In letters and forms people write Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms or Mx. In stories and picture books characters often have names like Mr Fox or Mr Men. Manners: use the title until an adult tells you to use their first name.

examples

• Good morning, Mr Patel! tree →
• Mr Brown is our new PE teacher. tree →
• Write «Dear Mr Lee» at the start of the letter. tree →
• Mr and Mrs Green live next door. tree →
• Mr Fox was very clever in the story. tree →
• Please give this note to Mr Wilson. tree →
• "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she. tree →

note

Write it with a capital M. In British, Irish, Australian and NZ English it is written «Mr» with no full stop; in American and Canadian English «Mr.» with a period. Mrs = a married woman; Miss = an unmarried girl or woman; Ms = any woman; Mx = a title that does not show gender.

In the corpora

• «That Mr Hollis has parked in Number 9's space AGAIN.
• You call teachers Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools.
• Teachers are called Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools.
• Mr Pryce tried something new.
• Sam twisted free, ran straight to Mr Hughes on duty and told him everything, shaking.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mr» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.