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M.A.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Arts.


M.A. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Psychology. mental age.

  2. Military Academy.


ma 3 American  
[mah] / mɑ /

noun

Informal.
  1. mother.


Ma 4 American  
[mah] / mɑ /

noun

  1. Yo-Yo born 1955, U.S. cellist, born in Paris of Chinese descent.


MA 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Massachusetts (approved especially for use with zip code).

  2. Psychology. mental age.


mA 6 American  
  1. milliampere; milliamperes.


MA 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Massachusetts

  2. Master of Arts

  3. psychol mental age

  4. Military Academy

  5. Morocco (international car registration)

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Ma 2 British  
/ mɑː /

noun

  1. Yo-Yo (ˈjəʊjəʊ). born 1955, US cellist, born in France to Chinese parents

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ma 3 British  
/ mɑː /

noun

  1. an informal word for mother 1

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ma 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Morocco

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Etymology

Origin of M.A.1

From Latin Magister Artium

Origin of ma3

Shortened variant of mama

Example Sentences

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"A common misconception is that opioid overdoses primarily affect younger people," said Gab Pasia, M.A., lead author of the study and a medical student at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

From Science Daily

Luke Johnson is a documentary photojournalist originally from San Diego currently based in Washington, D.C., while he pursues his M.A. in new media and photojournalism at George Washington University.

From Los Angeles Times

Chen’s Chinese handler told him that he would be given funds to “socialize with” the former supervisor in the hopes of getting an introduction to M.A.’s successor, identified as C.B.

From Los Angeles Times

"For Beethoven, we used his recently sequenced DNA to calculate a polygenic score as an indicator for his genetic predisposition for beat synchronization," said Tara Henechowicz, B.Mus.Hons, M.A., a current PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, recent visiting graduate student with the Vanderbilt Human Genetics Program, and the paper's second author.

From Science Daily

Thompson will be joined on the 27-player roster by Angel City FC teammate M.A.

From Los Angeles Times