ma
noun
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ma
1 American
[mah]
/ mɑ /
noun
Informal.
mas
plural
Ma
2
American
[mah]
/ mɑ /
noun
MA
3
American
mA
4
American
M.A.
5
American
abbreviation
M.A.
6
American
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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
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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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"Good afternoon ma, I have not seen the hospital items"
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
“Did you forget everything? You spend a few days in your house with your ma and pa and you forget everything we promised each other? You’re supposed to be my friend, King.”
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Ian Hoskins, owner of the Ma Pub Group in northwestern Liverpool, broadly welcomed the announcement, but told Sky News it remained a "drop in the ocean".
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Iain Hoskins, who owns Ma Pub Group in Liverpool, told the BBC the relief would help "chip away" at rising costs but questioned how many venues would benefit.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
By Ma Rainey’s own testimony, she’d picked up on and incorporated into her compositions blues lines she’d heard used by wandering folk musicians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
And as Ma gasps her final breaths, she makes her smart little girl promise to never lose sight of her ultimate goal.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
When Mrs. Kuen spotted our small piano and asked who played, Ma told her that I was self-taught.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"Even a student who graduates with an MA degree ends up joining this oil business."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
“The Dodgers had committed to paying and whatever it was, it was a lot more collectively — my undergraduate MA and PhD — than I had gotten in the bonus.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Fidel forecasts a 4% decline in revenue from Medicare Advantage this year but estimates “a ~50% increase in MA EBIT” because of UnitedHealth’s reset pricing and cost savings, in part from artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
MA has a buy rating and A$8.40 target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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
At 10 to 20 mA and above, the current can stimulate sustained muscular contractions much as regular nerve impulses do.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Calculate the power of the electron beam in this tube if it has a current of 15.0 mA.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
GFIs are usually set to interrupt the circuit if the leakage current is greater than 5 mA, the accepted maximum harmless shock.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
She earned a B.A. from Sewanee: the University of the South, and an M.A. from Columbia University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
Thompson will be joined on the 27-player roster by Angel City FC teammate M.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
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
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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