"MA" meaning in English

See MA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} MA (not comparable)
  1. (statistics) Initialism of moving average. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: moving average Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-MA-en-adj-wlj~DWYb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 20 0 9 18 5 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 19 1 8 23 6 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 27 1 7 16 6 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop|-}} MA (uncountable)
  1. Postal abbreviation of Massachusetts, a state of the United States of America. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Massachusetts, USA, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-MA-en-name-c44fta~D Disambiguation of Massachusetts, USA: 1 92 0 1 1 2 3 Disambiguation of States of the United States: 1 93 0 1 1 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 27 1 7 16 6 13
  2. Maluku, a province of Indonesia. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-MA-en-name-K636KENE
  3. Maranhão, a state of Brazil. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-MA-en-name-uB5ljy-x

Noun

Forms: MAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} MA (countable and uncountable, plural MAs)
  1. Initialism of Master of Arts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Master of Arts Categories (topical): Academic degrees
    Sense id: en-MA-en-noun-uo~l5mI3 Disambiguation of Academic degrees: 10 6 1 2 75 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 27 1 7 16 6 13
  2. (US, television) Initialism of mature audience, a television rating. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: mature audience (extra: a television rating) Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-MA-en-noun-mEA6bUhm Categories (other): American English Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  3. (US, military) Initialism of master-at-arms; also MAA. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: master-at-arms (extra: also MAA) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-MA-en-noun-PyiitF9E Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 27 1 7 16 6 13 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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