mc
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Marine Corps.
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master of ceremonies.
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Medical Corps.
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Member of Congress.
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Master Commandant.
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master of ceremonies.
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Medical Corps.
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Member of Congress.
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Member of Council.
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British. Military Cross.
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Master of Ceremonies
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astrology Medium Coeli
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(in the US) Member of Congress
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(in Britain) Military Cross
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Monaco (international car registration)
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Usage
What does MC mean? MC stands for master of ceremonies, or someone who acts as a host for an event, especially by introducing speakers and performers at a party or broadcast. In hip-hop music, MC is sometimes used as a synonym for “rapper” or “artist."How is MC pronounced?[ em-cee ]What are other forms of MC?
- emcee
- M. C.
Etymology
Origin of Mc-
< Mc(Donald's), chain of fast-food restaurants
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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I don't know what you mean by "news mc nuggets", but the alerts have links to full articles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
Continuing the reduction of Times content toward news mc nuggets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
The awesome might of fusion energy can be explained by Albert Einstein's famed equation, E = mc 2.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The wide radio band from, say 1 mc to 10,000 mc, remains as the rational choice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He gave mc a distrustful look, and putting me away— "The room is cold," he observed, "go down, child."
From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia
Among the artists who have publicly backed out are Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Young MC, Morris Day and the Commodores.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Young MC, Morris Day and Martina McBride were among those who said they would not perform at the concert series scheduled for June and July on the National Mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Abel said at Berkshire’s annual meeting on May 2, his first as CEO and MC, that he and Buffett discuss potential stock purchases together in the Omaha office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Taskmaster star Greg Davies will host for the first time - taking over from last year's MC Alan Cumming, who hosted the Bafta Film Awards this year.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
The head lifted, elbows propped it up, and the MC model swung clumsily off the table.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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What voltage must be applied to an 8.00 nF capacitor to store 0.160 mC of charge?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
What is the capacitance of a large Van de Graaff generator’s terminal, given that it stores 8.00 mC of charge at a voltage of 12.0 MV?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The 200-A current through a spark plug moves 0.300 mC of charge.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Fastq files were aligned to SNP-substituted reference genomes for each accession using Bowtie, and custom algorithms were used for identification of mC sites as described previously.
From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2013
"People are living in a horrific nightmare," Mc Cain said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2023
The event starts on Thursday and Tony Mc Ginn has been looking at the set up from above.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
“It was a poorly designed building,” said Mr. Mc Garrell, who lives in the village of Chenapou, which has a population of 800 and lost four residents in the fire, including the twins, he said.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Prosecutor Jill Mc Culler said the man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested shortly after midnight, German news agency dpa reported.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Index: Mc In charge of the expedition which cut out the Caroline, 420-421; thanked by the Upper Canadian Assembly, 423.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
After posting an opening for a technical writer, Mr. Mc- Gloon received “dozens and dozens” of résumés.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
I am so much for the women that I am for Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc- Cormick.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Half the stud heroes in action films have a surname beginning with Mc-, but there aren't many films about Irish Americans.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As we idled, stunned and silent in front of Dori Dilson’s sign, Susan’s parents came and retrieved her from Mr. Mc- Shane’s car.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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“What are you talking about, Weasley?” barked Professor Mc- Gonagall.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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That’s just how the retail business operates, which is precisely why seeing so many items locked away behind a theft-protection system reminiscent of an M.C.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
It’s at once orderly and disorienting, as though following a plan drawn by M.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Well-known visual examples of this kind of tiling can be found in the artwork of M.C.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
As with most sequels, it is — almost by definition — less essential than the original, whose conceits and M.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
When we had dressed the M.C. came in and gave us each five dollars, except Tatlock, who got ten for being last in the ring.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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