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 →

2) Children often use it to speak to or about their teacher: Good morning, Mrs Brown. tree →

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 →
• Good morning, Mrs Jones! tree →
• Mrs Brown lives next door. tree →
• Please give this note to Mrs Lee. tree →
• Mr and Mrs Smith have two children. tree →
• Mrs Wilson read us a story. tree →
• Is it Mrs or Ms? tree →
• Our head teacher is Mrs Green. tree →
• He took Mrs. Darling’s kiss with him. tree →

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.
• Teachers are called Mr, Mrs, Ms or Miss with their surname, or Sir and Miss in many British schools.
• Bored on a dark evening and egged on by older boys, he threw a firecracker at old Mrs Reid's door.
• Mrs Okafor thinks, and says: «That's a fair question, Sam.
• Mrs Okafor quietly asked which one was true.

Trees and pragmatics

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