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m
1M
2[em]
noun
plural
M's, Ms, m's, ms.the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him.
something having the shape of an M.
a written or printed representation of the letter M or m.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter M or m.
Printing., em.
m.
3abbreviation
noon.
M.
4abbreviation
noon.
m
5magnetic pole strength.
M
6abbreviation
mach.
Music., major.
male.
married.
Medieval.
medium.
mega-.
Middle.
modal auxiliary.
modifier.
Economics., monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2, etc.).
British., motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway).
the M1.
m.
7abbreviation
(in prescriptions) mix.
M.
8abbreviation
plural
MMMajesty.
Manitoba.
markka; markkaa.
Marquis.
Music., measure.
medicine.
medium.
meridian.
Monday.
Monsieur.
mountain.
M
9the thirteenth in order or in a series.
(sometimes lowercase), the Roman numeral for 1000.
Electricity., magnetization.
Biochemistry., methionine.
m.
10abbreviation
male.
(in Germany) mark; marks.
married.
masculine.
Physics., mass.
medium.
meter.
middle.
mile.
minute.
modification of.
modulus.
molar.
month.
moon.
morning.
mouth.
'm
11[m]
contraction of am.
I'm not thirsty.
M'-
12variant of Mac-.
m-
13(referring especially to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile.
m-commerce; m-business.
M-
14U.S. Military., (used to designate the production model of military equipment, as the M-1 rifle.)
m-
1prefix
indicating the use of mobile-communications technology
m-banking
M'-
2prefix
a variant of Mac-
m.
3abbreviation
cricket maiden (over)
male
mare
married
masculine
M
4symbol
mach
medium (size)
mega-
currency mark(s)
million
astronomy Messier catalogue; a catalogue published in 1784, in which 103 nebulae and clusters are listed using a numerical system
M13 is the globular cluster in Hercules
Middle
physics modulus
(in Britain) motorway
the M1 runs from London to Leeds
mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)
( as modifier )
an M film
logic the middle term of a syllogism
physics mutual inductance
chem molar
1000 See Roman numerals
abbreviation
Malta (international car registration)
M.
5abbreviation
Majesty
(in titles) Member
million
Also: M. Monsieur
mountain
m
6/ ɛm /
noun
the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet
a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in mat
m-
7prefix
short for meta-
'm
8contraction
(verb) am
(noun) madam
yes'm
m
9symbol
metre(s)
mile(s)
milli-
minute(s)
m
Abbreviation of mass, meter
Word History and Origins
Origin of m1
Origin of m2
Origin of m3
Word History and Origins
Origin of m1
Example Sentences
But if I’m still hungry, I’d order takeout from Canter’s Deli ’cause I’ve had three margaritas and that’s the best place to have some good greasy, classic L.A. diner food.
Other than that, I’m hearing that Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’ is a lock, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in ‘One Battle After Another’ is a harrowing hoot.
On a recent Friday afternoon in London, Jarvis Cocker, 62, is musing over the suit he’s just picked up from the Portobello Road Market: “I’m quite pleased with it,” he says.
Notably, he remembers thinking, “I don’t want to go read English. I’m going to stay in Sheffield and see what happens.”
“If a book is culturally specific, it’s important that there is bone-deep experience. If I’m not right culturally, it should go to someone else. If it’s a book about an American, I’m an American, and I don’t think that should matter that I am Chicano. But sometimes it does.”
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