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MA¹

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of moving average.moving average

noun MAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Master of Arts.Master of Arts
  2. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mature audience, a television rating.mature audience
  3. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of master-at-arms.master-at-arms

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.Massachusetts
  2. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of Maluku: a province of Indonesia.Maluku
  3. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of Maranhão: a state of Brazil.Maranhão
  4. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of Mastercard.Mastercard Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.

ma²

noun mas

  1. abbreviation, plural normally Abbreviation of milli-arcsecond.milli-arcsecond

ma³

  • /mɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants. For more on the linguistic process whereby infants' monosyllables are tied to ancient word roots for parents, see mama, papa, mātēr, and patēr.

noun mas

  1. colloquial mother, mama Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.
  2. colloquial The landlady of a theater. […] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]

ma⁴

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

noun

  1. May.

ma⁵

Where it comes from

From my.

determiner

  1. alternative, dialectal, informal Alternative spelling of my.my

ma⁶

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 嘛 (maa³, “of course!”).

particle

  1. Manglish, Singlish, alternative Alternative form of mah.mah

ma⁷

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 嗎／吗 (ma).

particle

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of mah.mah

ma⁸

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 間.

noun

  1. uncountable Negative space in Japanese art.

Ma⁹

  • /mɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

noun ma

  1. informal, uncountable Mother, mom, mama.

Ma10

proper noun ma

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of May.May

Ma11

Where it comes from

Transcription of 馬／马 (mǎ).

proper noun

  1. A common surname from Chinese of East Asian derivation.

Ma12

proper noun

  1. A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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