wrong
part of speech
adjective (wrong); adverb (wrong, wrongly); noun (a wrong, wrongs); verb (wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging)
meaning for a pupil
1) Wrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer. tree →
2) Wrong means not the one you wanted or needed: the wrong bus. tree →
3) Wrong also means bad or unfair: it is wrong to steal. tree →
4) Something wrong is a problem: what is wrong with the car? tree →
5) To wrong someone is to treat them unfairly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: marks an answer, a guess or a count that is not correct; questions answered wrong on a test; right = total − wrong. In school: find the mistake, correct the wrong answer. In life: knowing right from wrong. Phrases: go wrong, get it wrong, the wrong way, what is wrong, right or wrong, wrong number.
examples
- Sam got 3 questions wrong on the test. tree →
- Lily answered 18 right and 2 wrong. tree →
- She dialed the wrong number. tree →
- Find the wrong step in Tom's sum. tree →
- We took the wrong turn and got lost. tree →
- It is wrong to take things that are not yours. tree →
- What is wrong? You look sad. tree →
- Something went wrong with the printer. tree →
- Being wrong is part of learning. tree →
note
Opposite: right or correct. «Wrong» is also an adverb: you spelled it wrong. Wrong answers are often taken away from the total: right = total − wrong. Trap: some tests take points off for each wrong answer.
In the corpora
- When an old person gets confused or calls you the wrong name, it is the illness, not a lack of love.
- Families help in different ways, and none of them is wrong.
- If the wrong things go in a recycling bin, a whole load can be spoiled.
- Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry.
- Saying "I was wrong" is a strength, not a weakness.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wrong» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.