mrs

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/ˈmɪsɪz/

noun 6name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

brown, north, pleased, popular, young

Mrs. Brown was pleased to see her grandchildren arrive at the house yesterday afternoon.

VERB + MRS

call

The students always call Mrs. Johnson when they need help with their homework.

MRS + NOUN

allen, aprop, baker, beth, bush, evans, harris, hughes

Mrs. Baker brought homemade cookies to the school bake sale last Saturday.

PREP.

Mrs Johnson lived in the old Victorian house at the end of our street.

Definitions

noun

Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women a

Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

name

Initialism of Materials Research Society.

Initialism of Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

noun

Initialism of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Initialism of mandibular repositioning splint.

Initialism of marginal rate of substitution.

Initialism of metabolic risk score.

Ellipsis of MRS degree

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

Wiktionary

There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […] and all thes

Wiktionary

It is Mrs. Lee, Susan's mother, in London.

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I'd like to make a person-to-person call to Mrs. Richards.

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Mrs. Lee is a great talker.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, mrs is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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