ma

UK /mɑː/ US /mɑː/

noun 9name 7particle 2adj 1det 1

Definitions

adj

Initialism of moving average.

noun

Initialism of Master of Arts.

Initialism of mature audience, a television rating.

Initialism of master-at-arms; also MAA.

name

Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.

Abbreviation of Maluku: a province of Indonesia.

Abbreviation of Maranhão: a state of Brazil.

Abbreviation of Mastercard.

Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.

Collocations

ADJ.

famous, higher, senior, theatrical

VERB + MA

made, name, persuade, sing

MA + NOUN

beer, d', d'h, da, gorzata, landlady, maugoshatta, newton's

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

always, correctly, slightly

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a master's degree in arts and sciences

noun — a state in New England

massachusetts

noun — informal terms for a mother

noun — one thousandth of an ampere

milliampere

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.

Wiktionary

Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

Wiktionary

[…] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]

Wiktionary

Lao Gan Ma and I have a love-hate relationship.

Tatoeba · #434110

Bobby McFerrin and Yo-yo Ma played some famous duets.

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A Maß is a beer mug that contains 1 litre of beer.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ma is marked as informal, US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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