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
American
abbreviation
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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
2
British
/ mɑː /
noun
ma
3
British
/ mɑː /
noun
ma
4
British
abbreviation
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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Thanks to Stone, three human turntables spinning at once went from competitively filling space to, in the spirit of ma, making space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
This was followed by two smiley faces and a later post saying "April fool ma brother ohh".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
I’ve just got to focus on one thing: finding my ma.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
Ma left Dali and recently has been traveling across Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I just feel like I’m stuck in a shut-down state, unable to move,” Ma said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
In a desperate attempt to bring him back, Ma Moe San Pan was then scammed out of 4.5 million kyats by strangers who falsely promised his release.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ma Moe San Pan's cousin worked at the local ward administration office, and she asked him to bring her husband back.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
At the dinner table, I threw dark looks at Ba over the greens, bitter melon, and pork Ma pushed at me, but he avoided my gaze and kept his eyes moodily on his plate.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“Paying MA plans more is likely an inefficient way of delivering better benefits to beneficiaries,” Fiedler said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
That would give a big boost to both earnings and cash flow, which could drive a continued re-rating, MA says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
MA has a hold rating and a A$1.80/share target on FireFly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
“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
Calculate the power of the electron beam in this tube if it has a current of 15.0 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
For these people, currents as low as 0.1 mA may cause ventricular fibrillation.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Yijing graduated from Georgetown University with an M.A. in Asian studies and earned a bachelor's degree in politics and economy from Waseda University in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Missy has a M.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from UCLA.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
"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 ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
The origins of the devil masquerade - or "mas" for short - date all the way back to the days of slavery.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024
It was the first meal I remember enjoying in more than a year, and I wanted to memorialize the feeling with a tattoo of the Korean character for “savor,” mas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
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
She was about to go after a rabbit, but I thought that wasn’t proper fare for a post-Christ- mas breakfast, so we went to the stream.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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