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
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
The 68-year-old ma capsized his sailboat in the marina basin and was attempting to swim to shore with his boat when witnesses saw him go under the water, officials said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
After he finished, I saw a man who looked to be a local farmer approach him and ask: "Laih al-nar lay Al-Amrikan? Leh ma tad'o laihom bi al-hidaya?"
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022
“Always remember,” he says, “when yer ma died, you became our son, and I love you and Cillian loves you, always have, always will.”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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