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m

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Physics. mass.

  2. Finance. (of bonds) matured.

  3. medieval.

  4. medium.

  5. meter; meters.

  6. middle.

  7. Music. minor.


m. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) mix.


m. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. noon.


m- 4 American  
  1. meta-.

  2. (referring especially to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile.

    m-commerce; m-business.


m. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. male.

  2. (in Germany) mark; marks.

  3. married.

  4. masculine.

  5. Physics. mass.

  6. medium.

  7. meter.

  8. middle.

  9. mile.

  10. minute.

  11. modification of.

  12. modulus.

  13. molar.

  14. month.

  15. moon.

  16. morning.

  17. mouth.


M- 6 American  
  1. U.S. Military. (used to designate the production model of military equipment, as the M-1 rifle.)


M 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. mach.

  2. Music. major.

  3. male.

  4. married.

  5. Medieval.

  6. medium.

  7. mega-.

  8. Middle.

  9. modal auxiliary.

  10. modifier.

  11. Economics. monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2, etc.).

  12. British. motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway).

    the M1.


M 8 American  
[em] / ɛm /
Or m

noun

plural

M's, Ms, m's, ms
  1. the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him.

  3. something having the shape of an M.

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter M or m.

  6. Printing. em.


M. 9 American  
Or m.

abbreviation

  1. noon.


M 10 American  
Symbol.
  1. the thirteenth in order or in a series.

  2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1000.

  3. Electricity. magnetization.

  4. Biochemistry. methionine.


M. 11 American  

abbreviation

plural

MM
  1. Majesty.

  2. Manitoba.

  3. markka; markkaa.

  4. Marquis.

  5. Music. measure.

  6. medicine.

  7. medium.

  8. meridian.

  9. Monday.

  10. Monsieur.

  11. mountain.


'm 12 American  
[m] / m /
  1. contraction of am.

    I'm not thirsty.


M'- 13 American  
  1. variant of Mac-.


m 14 American  
Symbol, Electricity.
  1. magnetic pole strength.


m- 1 British  

prefix

  1. indicating the use of mobile-communications technology

    m-banking

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'm 2 British  

contraction

  1. (verb) am

  2. (noun) madam

    yes'm

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m. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. cricket maiden (over)

  2. male

  3. mare

  4. married

  5. masculine

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M. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Majesty

  2. (in titles) Member

  3. million

  4. Also: M.  Monsieur

  5. mountain

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m 5 British  

symbol

  1. metre(s)

  2. mile(s)

  3. milli-

  4. minute(s)

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M'- 6 British  

prefix

  1. a variant of Mac-

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M 7 British  

symbol

  1. mach

  2. medium (size)

  3. mega-

  4. currency mark(s)

  5. million

  6. astronomy Messier catalogue; a catalogue published in 1784, in which 103 nebulae and clusters are listed using a numerical system

    M13 is the globular cluster in Hercules

  7. Middle

  8. physics modulus

  9. (in Britain) motorway

    the M1 runs from London to Leeds

    1. mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)

    2. ( as modifier )

      an M film

  10. logic the middle term of a syllogism

  11. physics mutual inductance

  12. chem molar

  13. 1000 See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

  1. Malta (international car registration)

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m- 8 British  

prefix

  1. short for meta-

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m 9 British  
/ ɛm /

noun

  1. the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in mat

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m Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of mass, meter


Etymology

Origin of m.1

From the Latin word misce

Origin of m.1

From the Latin word merīdiēs

Origin of M.1

From the Latin word merīdiēs

Example Sentences

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“I have plans. But I’m not going to reveal them here.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I'm just buying and wearing things I've liked for a long time, now that I can afford them," he tells the BBC.

From BBC

When I asked him if his reputation as the godfather of Corsica was true, he replied: "Yes, I'm the godfather, but only to my grandchildren."

From BBC

"I'm proud of the way we compete, we fight, we just never think we're out of it."

From Barron's

“It’s too close to gambling or day-trading, and gamifies investing in a way that I’m not a huge fan of,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal