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  • mae
    mae
    adjective
  • Mae
    Mae
    noun
    a female given name, form of Mary.
  • M.A.E.
    M.A.E.
    abbreviation
    Master of Aeronautical Engineering.

mae

1 American  
[mey] / meɪ /

adjective

Scot.
  1. more.


Mae 2 American  
[mey] / meɪ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Mary.


M.A.E. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Aeronautical Engineering.

  2. Master of Art Education.

  3. 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

She had na pu’d a double rose, A rose but only twa, Till up then started young Tam Lin, Says, ‘Lady, thou’s pu’ nae mae.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

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