ma
noun
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ma
1 American
[mah]
/ mɑ /
noun
Informal.
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mas
plural
Ma
2
American
[mah]
/ mɑ /
noun
MA
3
American
mA
4
American
M.A.
5
American
abbreviation
M.A.
6
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Psychology. mental age.
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Military Academy.
MA
1
British
abbreviation
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Massachusetts
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Master of Arts
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psychol mental age
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Military Academy
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Morocco (international car registration)
Ma
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British
/ mɑː /
noun
ma
3
British
/ mɑː /
noun
ma
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ma1
Shortened variant of mama
Origin of M.A.5
From Latin Magister Artium
Vocabulary lists containing ma
Example Sentences
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This was followed by two smiley faces and a later post saying "April fool ma brother ohh".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
In his work, for example, he was as intrigued by the barrel vault — a form common to Roman architecture — as he was by Japanese concepts of in-between space, known as ma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
His traveling show, “Ma: Space/Time in Japan,” which came to the Cooper Hewitt in New York in 1979, introduced the Japanese concept of ma.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
After washing our clothes with boiling water and lye soap, my ma finally admitted defeat and burned them in the hearth.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Xi met then-Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore in 2015, the first meeting between leaders of the two sides since 1949.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Actor D’Arcy Carden stopped by early, beating the cadre of guests crowding the main plaza beneath the now-famous oculus of the 300,000-square-foot Ma Yansong-designed building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Designed by Ma Yansong, the new building in Los Angeles is a structure of arresting and unusual size and shape, but it becomes less impressive once you get inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ba and Ma had been married by an arrangement of some sort, and I knew it still happened.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He is now 38 and living in exile in the Netherlands, where he was granted asylum, and is pursuing an MA in political science - following in his father's footsteps.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
MA says its own FY27 estimates already incorporate a softer 1Q to reflect the disruption and remediation works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“With full nameplate processing capacity restored, KCN is well positioned to capture the benefit of a strong gold-price environment and a competitive cost base,” MA says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Ali's connection to the rental properties via real estate company MA Holdings, which purchased them with buy-to-let mortgages, was first reported by the Times newspaper.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I have an MA in art history from the University of St. Andrews,” he said proudly.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Additionally, the capacity retained after 1000 cycles at 5 A g−1 was 558.5 mA h g−1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
The battery showed a high reversible specific capacity of 1535.4 mA h g−1 for the first cycle at 0.2 A g−1 and an exceptional rate capability of 887 mA h g−1 at 5 A g−1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
The threshold for ventricular fibrillation is between 100 and 300 mA.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
A 20.0 Hz, 16.0 V source produces a 2.00 mA current when connected to a capacitor.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
At about 300 mA and above, the shock can cause burns, depending on the concentration of current—the more concentrated, the greater the likelihood of burns.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
He studied journalism at the City University of New York and also holds a B.A. and M.A. from McGill University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
M.A., an assistant professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
Missy has a M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from UCLA.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
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 ● May 27, 2025
I was impressed with his degree, but when I met him, I thought to myself, “This chap has an M.A. and he is not even wearing a tie!”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
“She the home girl thas what I meant , have mas love for her” Echeverria wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
"The mas has been slowly but surely dying, it's sad to see," Curdell says.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
I’m trying to ask writers: What does living mas mean?
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
She’s still la mas chingona — the ultimate badass — emcee Enrique Cerna said as he welcomed her to the stage in October.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
“Caring for her own, best as she can. Like all us mas and pas.”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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