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MIS¹

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Military Intelligence Service (United States).
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of marine isotope stage, a timescale. MIS 3 is used to refer to the period between 57 and 70 thousand years ago.

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of management information system
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of medium invert sugar
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of minimally invasive surgery
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of mortgage interest statement
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of müllerian inhibiting substance

MIs²

noun

  1. plural plural of MI

Mis³

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* Borrowed from Polish Miś, a pet form of Michał or a nickname from miś (“bear”).

* Borrowed from Slovene Miš, a nickname from miš (“mouse”).

* Borrowed from Dutch Mis, a reduced form of the personal name Amijs.

* Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Mis; this surname is predominantly found in Yucatán.

proper noun Mises

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wrong, pmc, gis, ep, igs, cms, msi, dmi, sim, sig, gif, div, mic, section, shapen, put

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"MIS." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

MIS. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mis

Chicago

"MIS." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mis.

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@misc{mis_2026,
  title = {MIS},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}