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
Wi’ weans I’m mair than weel contented, Heav’n sent me ane mae than I wanted.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
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
The changes have been brewing for the past year but kicked into gear last month when Pulte directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to approve all lenders to use VantageScore 4.0.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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
My mother, Ella Mae, had been a riveter during World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mom told Grandma Mae she’d gotten tired of driving on field trips.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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