mc
mc
1 American
MC
2
American
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Marine Corps.
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master of ceremonies.
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Medical Corps.
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Member of Congress.
mC
3
American
abbreviation
Mc
4
American
Mc
5
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
Mc-
6
American
Mc-
7
American
Also
Mc-.
M.C.
8
American
abbreviation
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Master Commandant.
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master of ceremonies.
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Medical Corps.
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Member of Congress.
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Member of Council.
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British. Military Cross.
MC
1
British
abbreviation
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Master of Ceremonies
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astrology Medium Coeli
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(in the US) Member of Congress
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(in Britain) Military Cross
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Monaco (international car registration)
Mc-
2
British
prefix
mc
3
British
abbreviation
Usage
What does MC mean? MC stands for master of ceremonies, or someone who acts as a host for an event, especially by introducing speakers and performers at a party or broadcast. In hip-hop music, MC is sometimes used as a synonym for “rapper” or “artist."How is MC pronounced?[ em-cee ]What are other forms of MC?
- emcee
- M. C.
Etymology
Origin of Mc-
< Mc(Donald's), chain of fast-food restaurants
Example Sentences
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Continuing the reduction of Times content toward news mc nuggets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
I don't know what you mean by "news mc nuggets", but the alerts have links to full articles.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
The wide radio band from, say 1 mc to 10,000 mc, remains as the rational choice.
From Time Magazine Archive
The awesome might of fusion energy can be explained by Albert Einstein's famed equation, E = mc 2.
From Time Magazine Archive
I haven't definitely decided on her yet, but she looks a good deal like Mary Louise Whiting to mc.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
About a decade ago, Erik Emely, a longtime MC, coined “Chesapeake Cowboys” and pitched a reality TV show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Among the artists who have publicly backed out are Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Young MC, Morris Day and the Commodores.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
“I have informed my agents that I will not be performing at the Freedom 250 event,” “Bust a Move” rapper Young MC, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Taskmaster star Greg Davies will host for the first time - taking over from last year's MC Alan Cumming, who hosted the Bafta Film Awards this year.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
The head lifted, elbows propped it up, and the MC model swung clumsily off the table.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
What voltage must be applied to an 8.00 nF capacitor to store 0.160 mC of charge?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
What is the capacitance of a large Van de Graaff generator’s terminal, given that it stores 8.00 mC of charge at a voltage of 12.0 MV?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The 200-A current through a spark plug moves 0.300 mC of charge.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Fastq files were aligned to SNP-substituted reference genomes for each accession using Bowtie, and custom algorithms were used for identification of mC sites as described previously.
From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2013
Ireland and Scotland have their O, Mc and Mac of course - Mac meaning son of, the same as ap.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
"People are living in a horrific nightmare," Mc Cain said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2023
“The community is angry,” Mr. Mc Garrell said.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Prosecutor Jill Mc Culler said the man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested shortly after midnight, German news agency dpa reported.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Names with suffixes "Mc" or "Mac" written as "M'" throughout text; this convention is retained. "a.m." and "p.m." are shown without an internal space—spaces have been removed where they were present.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
After posting an opening for a technical writer, Mr. Mc- Gloon received “dozens and dozens” of résumés.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
Half the stud heroes in action films have a surname beginning with Mc-, but there aren't many films about Irish Americans.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am so much for the women that I am for Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc- Cormick.
From Time Magazine Archive
“What are you talking about, Weasley?” barked Professor Mc- Gonagall.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
“There was a bunch of grapes next to him,” said Professor Mc- Gonagall.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
That’s just how the retail business operates, which is precisely why seeing so many items locked away behind a theft-protection system reminiscent of an M.C.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
It’s at once orderly and disorienting, as though following a plan drawn by M.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Well-known visual examples of this kind of tiling can be found in the artwork of M.C.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
Elliott allegedly convinced one friend, identified only by her initials, M.C., to place inheritance money into a trust that he would establish and administer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
Sunday afternoon, August 25 God, it gets hot in M.C.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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