M (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

abbreviation
  1. mass.
  2. (of bonds) matured.
  3. medieval.
  4. medium.
  5. meter; meters.
  6. middle.
  7. minor.
Symbol, Electricity.
  1. magnetic pole strength.
  1. contraction of am:I'm not thirsty.
noun, plural M's or Ms, m's or ms.
  1. the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter M or m, as in my, summer, or him.
  3. something having the shape of an M.
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter M or m.
  6. em.
abbreviation
  1. mach.
  2. major.
  3. male.
  4. married.
  5. Medieval.
  6. medium.
  7. mega-.
  8. Middle.
  9. modal auxiliary.
  10. modifier.
  11. monetary aggregate: issued periodically by the Federal Reserve Board as various measures of money supply (M-1, M-1A, M-2 , etc.).
  12. motorway (used with a road number to designate a major highway): the M1.
Symbol.
  1. the thirteenth in order or in a series.
  2. the Roman numeral for 1000.
  3. magnetization (def. 2).
  4. methionine.
  1. variant of Mac-.
  1. meta-.
  2. (referring especially to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile: m-commerce; m-business.
  1. (used to designate the production model of military equipment, as the M-1 rifle.)
abbreviation
  1. noon.
abbreviation
  1. (in prescriptions) mix.
abbreviation
  1. male.
  2. (in Germany) mark; marks.
  3. married.
  4. masculine.
  5. mass.
  6. medium.
  7. meter.
  8. middle.
  9. mile.
  10. minute.
  11. modification of.
  12. modulus.
  13. molar.
  14. month.
  15. moon.
  16. morning.
  17. mouth.
abbreviation
  1. noon.
abbreviation
  1. Majesty.
  2. Manitoba.
  3. markka; markkaa.
  4. Marquis.
  5. measure.
  6. medicine.
  7. medium.
  8. meridian.
  9. Monday.
  10. Monsieur.
  11. mountain.
symbol for
  1. metre(s)
  2. mile(s)
  3. milli-
  4. minute(s)
noun plural m's, M's or Ms
  1. the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in mat
contraction of
  1. am
  2. madam
symbol for
  1. mach
  2. medium (size)
  3. mega-
  4. mark(s)
  5. million
  6. Messier catalogue; a catalogue published in 1784, in which 103 nebulae and clusters are listed using a numerical system
  7. Middle
  8. modulus
  9. (in Britain) motorway
  10. (in Australia)
    • mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)
    • (as modifier)
  11. the middle term of a syllogism
  12. mutual inductance
  13. molar
  14. 1000
abbreviation for
  1. Malta (international car registration)
prefix
  1. a variant of Mac-
prefix
  1. indicating the use of mobile-communications technology
prefix
  1. short for meta- (def. 4)
abbreviation for
  1. maiden (over)
  2. male
  3. mare
  4. married
  5. masculine
abbreviation for
  1. Majesty
  2. (in titles) Member
  3. million
  4. Monsieur
  5. mountain
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