m.
1 Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
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male.
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(in Germany) mark; marks.
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married.
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masculine.
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Physics. mass.
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medium.
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meter.
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middle.
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mile.
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minute.
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modification of.
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modulus.
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molar.
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month.
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moon.
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morning.
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mouth.
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(referring especially to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile.
m-commerce; m-business.
noun
plural
M's, Ms, m's, ms-
the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him.
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something having the shape of an M.
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a written or printed representation of the letter M or m.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter M or m.
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Printing. em.
abbreviation
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mach.
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Music. major.
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male.
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married.
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Medieval.
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medium.
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mega-.
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Middle.
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modal auxiliary.
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modifier.
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Economics. monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2, etc.).
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British. motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway).
the M1.
abbreviation
abbreviation
abbreviation
plural
MM-
Majesty.
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Manitoba.
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markka; markkaa.
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Marquis.
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Music. measure.
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medicine.
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medium.
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meridian.
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Monday.
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Monsieur.
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mountain.
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the thirteenth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1000.
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Electricity. magnetization.
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Biochemistry. methionine.
noun
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the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in mat
contraction
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(verb) am
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(noun) madam
yes'm
symbol
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metre(s)
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mile(s)
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milli-
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minute(s)
symbol
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mach
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medium (size)
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mega-
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currency mark(s)
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million
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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
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Middle
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physics modulus
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(in Britain) motorway
the M1 runs from London to Leeds
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mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)
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( as modifier )
an M film
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logic the middle term of a syllogism
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physics mutual inductance
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chem molar
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1000 See Roman numerals
abbreviation
prefix
prefix
prefix
abbreviation
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cricket maiden (over)
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male
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mare
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married
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masculine
abbreviation
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Majesty
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(in titles) Member
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million
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Also: M. Monsieur
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mountain
Etymology
Origin of m.1
From the Latin word merīdiēs
Origin of M.1
From the Latin word merīdiēs
Origin of m.1
From the Latin word misce
Example Sentences
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“If you remember something, but you can’t place it, and then you think, ‘Oh, this is familiar to me, so I’m going to do everything in my power to protect it,’ even though we as an audience know what he’s doing, he doesn’t, to a degree.”
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“It’s become a great asset for me, because it’s what I’m known for. But I’m not reinventing the wheel by any means,” he said.
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“Especially nowadays, when people watch TV shows — I see my daughter do it all the time. She’s on the phone, and I’m like, ‘How are you watching this?’
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And she’s like, ‘I’m listening.’
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“That is literally the first I’m hearing of that,” Dismukes said.
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