Massachusetts

[mas-uh-choo-sits]

noun

1. a state in the northeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 8,257 square miles (21,385 square kilometers). Boston. MA (for use with zip code), Mass.

2. Massachusett.

Massachusetts

/ ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Mass.  MA. a state of the northeastern US, on the Atlantic: a centre of resistance to English colonial policy during the War of American Independence; consists of a coastal plain rising to mountains in the west. Capital: Boston. Pop: 6 433 422 (2003 est). Area: 20 269 sq km (7826 sq miles)

Massachusetts

1. State in the northeastern United States; one of the New England states. Bordered by Vermont and New Hampshire to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, and New York to the west. Its capital and largest city is Boston.

One of the thirteen colonies, playing a key role in resisting the British before and during the Revolutionary War.

The settlement of Massachusetts began in 1620, when the first Pilgrims arrived from England in the Mayflower near Plymouth Rock.

Example Sentences

The 40-year-old infectious diseases physician at Massachusetts General Hospital pulled her first all-nighter since she was a medical resident to pore over papers, and worked into the late hours after her daughter’s second birthday.

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Massachusetts generally treated free Blacks as citizens; South Carolina did not.

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Utilities in Massachusetts and Minnesota, for instance, offer discounted electricity rates for using heat pumps, says Rebecca Foster, CEO of the nonprofit VEIC, as Vermont Energy Investment Corporation is known.

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This year, there has been a storm of state-level activity to regulate private-equity investment in healthcare as Massachusetts, Indiana and Washington passed bills to get more oversight.

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U.S. regulators are investigating Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a major U.S. insurer and asset manager, over accounting practices in its investment operations, people familiar with the matter said.

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