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verb (mis un - der - stands, mis - un - der - stand - ing,

mis - un der - stood / misAndar' stud / has mis - un der - stood )

to not understand something correctly I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you said.

mis • un • der • stand • ing

/ misAndar ' strendig / noun [ count ] a situation in which someone does not understand something correctly

I think there's been a misunderstanding . I ordered two tickets, not four.

mit • ten / ' mitn/ noun [ count ]

a thing that you wear to keep your hand warm. It has one part for your thumb and another part for your other fingers.

—Look at the picture at glove .

mix © / miks/ verb ( mix es , mix ing , mixed )

to put different things together to make something new Mix yellow and blue paint together to make green.

to join together to make something new Oil and water don't mix.

to be with and talk to other people

In my job, I mix with a lot of different people.

mix someone or something up to think that one

person or thing is a different person or thing

People often mix Mark up with his brother.

mix something up to put something in the wrong order

or place; Don't mix up my papers!

mixed / mikst / adjective

containing different kinds of people or things a mixed salad

mix • er / ' miksar / noun [ count ]

a machine that mixes things together a cement mixer

mix .ture ©/ 'mikstjbr /noun [count, noncount]

something that you make by mixing different things together

Air is a mixture of gases. a cake mixture

mix-up / ' miks Ap / noun [ count ]

a confused situation, usually because someone has made a mistake

There was a mix-up with the airline, and we got booked on the wrong flight.

ml abbreviation of milliliter

mm abbreviation of millimeter

moan / moun / verb ( moans , moan - ing , moaned )

1 to make a long, sad sound when you are hurt or very unhappy

He was moaning with pain.

2 ( informal ) to talk a lot about what is wrong about something

He's always moaning about the weather. —SYNONYM complain

► moan noun [ count ]

I heard a loud moan.

mob / mab / noun [ count ]

a big, noisy group of people who are shouting or fighting

mo • bile / moubl / adjective

able to move easily from place to place A mobile library visits my neighborhood every week.

mo .bile home mobile home

/ ,тоиЫ Ъоит / noun [count]

a small building for people to live in. It is made in a factory and can be moved with a truck.

—SYNONYM trailer

mock / mak / verb ( mocks, mock • ing, mocked )

( formal )

to laugh at someone or something in an unkind way The other children mocked her old-fashioned clothes.

mod • al verb / ' moudl vэrb / ( also mod al ) noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) a verb, for example "might," "can," or "must," which you use with another verb Grammar

Can , could , may , might , should , must , will , shall , would , and ought to are modal verbs.

Modal verbs do not have an "s" in the "he/she" form: She can drive. (NOT She cans drive.) After modal verbs (except ought to ), you use the infinitive without "to": I must go now. (NOT I must to go.)

You make questions and negative sentences without "do" or "did": Will you come with me? (NOT Do you will come?); They might not know. (NOT They don't might know.)

modeaw / moud / ul

[count] ( formal )

a type of something or way of doing something modes of transportation

[ count, noncount ] one of the ways in which a machine can work

My laptop's in sleep mode (= to save power ) .