"MOC" meaning in English

See MOC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} MOC (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of masculine of center. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, masculine, not-comparable Alternative form of: center
    Sense id: en-MOC-en-adj-2pjGDHuI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 15 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 7 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 14 3 3 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 37 29 13 21

Noun

Forms: MOC [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|*}} MOC (plural MOC)
  1. Initialism of man of color or men of color. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: man of color or men of color Hypernyms: POC, person, people
    Sense id: en-MOC-en-noun-aDRzTNzC Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Male people, People, Social justice Disambiguation of Male people: 36 57 5 2 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Social justice: 22 39 25 14
  2. Initialism of maintenance of certification. Wikidata QID: Q6736802 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: maintenance of certification Related terms (maintenance of certification): CME (english: continuing medical education)
    Sense id: en-MOC-en-noun-en:Q6736802 Disambiguation of 'maintenance of certification': 3 95 2
  3. (lego) Initialism of my own creation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: my own creation
    Sense id: en-MOC-en-noun-a06n-ZTe
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