mae
adjective
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mae
1 American
[mey]
/ meɪ /
adjective
Scot.
Mae
2
American
[mey]
/ 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
Example Sentences
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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
Under its opaque surface a mae dágua, the Mother of Water, ruled over creatures slimy and razor-toothed.
From The Record of Currupira by Abernathy, Robert
The cost of a jumbo loan might be expected to be higher because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don’t guarantee them, and they pose a higher risk to lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But when she turned up for language classes at the BFW "school" in Mae Sot, Ma Naw Phaw found, to her shock, that there were no teachers.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Immediately on confirmation he was handed a second giant portfolio—chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Mr. Pulte, a housing scion, at least had some qualifications to regulate the government housing giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
I asked, at the same time that Mae said, “Are you saying he’s dead?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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