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ma
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14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ma
  2. ma'abara
  3. ma'am
  4. ma'amselle
  5. Ma'dan
  6. mam
  7. ma huang
  8. ma-and-pa
  9. ma foi
  10. thank-you-ma'am
  11. A-ni-ma-ch'ing
  12. MAE
  13. A'nyêmaqên
  14. M and A

ma

noun \ˈmä, ˈmȯ\

Definition of MA

: mother
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Examples of MA

  1. Her ma and pa both said she can't go.
  2. <I told my ma that on Mother's Day we'd be dining at the town's toniest restaurant.>

Origin of MA

short for mama
First Known Use: 1829

Related to MA

Synonyms
mother, mama (also mamma or momma), mammy, mater [chiefly British], mom, mommy, old lady

Rhymes with MA

aah, ah, baa, bah, blah, Blois, bra, dah, droit, fa, Fra, ha, Jah, Kwa, la, nah, pa, pas, Ra, rah, schwa, shah, ska, spa, ta

mA

abbreviation

Definition of MA

milliampere

Other Electrical Engineering Terms

feedback, fuse, incandescent, noise, resonance

Ma

abbreviation

Definition of MA

million years ago

MA

abbreviation

Definition of MA

1
[Medieval Latin magister artium] master of arts
2
Massachusetts
3
mental age
4
Middle Ages
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Examples of MA

  1. She has an MA in English.

Ma

biographical name \ˈmä\

Definition of MA

Yo-Yo 1955–     Am. (Fr.-born of Chinese parents) cellist

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