mae
adjective
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mae
1 American
[may]
/ meɪ /
adjective
Scot.
Mae
2
American
[may]
/ meɪ /
noun
M.A.E.
3
American
abbreviation
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Master of Aeronautical Engineering.
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Master of Art Education.
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Master of Arts in Education.
Etymology
Origin of mae
before 900; Middle English (north and Scots), Old English mā; cognate with German mehr, Old Norse meir, Gothic mais. See more
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Barzal then had a 2-on-1 break alongside Eberle but chose to shoot the puck himself for his 16th to mae it 5-1.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2021
At the age of 40, or thereabouts, Luang Poh Yaai again remembered her past lives, stopped drinking and became a white-robed Buddhist nun, or mae chee.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2016
He mae the statement just as Chicago aldermen were in the midst of a committee hearing trying to understand the proposal floated by a California firm.
From Chicago Tribune ● Aug. 14, 2012
The Wicked Age. mae west betrayed her public.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Oes, y mae genyt ddau ddec yn dy bocet,’ meddai’r boneddwr.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen
Housing-finance giant Fannie Mae, which guarantees about one in four mortgages in America, posted a new forecast expecting the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage to average 7.4% in the last three months of this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mae West said that “too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mizuho cut its price targets for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, citing rising mortgage rates and other obstacles to an exit from conservatorship.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
In 2023 Mae Muller finished second from bottom and in 2021 James Newman came last - this time with "nul points".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I try to think what Grandma Mae would say to do now.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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