See MW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "MWs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "MW (countable and uncountable, plural MWs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "LW"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "MF"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "SW"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "HF"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "LF"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "RF"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "VHF"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "medium wave"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Electronics",
"orig": "en:Electronics",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of medium wave."
],
"id": "en-MW-en-noun-bBsfLCWc",
"links": [
[
"electronics",
"electronics"
],
[
"medium wave",
"medium wave#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(electronics) Initialism of medium wave."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "microwave"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Electronics",
"orig": "en:Electronics",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of microwave."
],
"id": "en-MW-en-noun-gX0ogvQj",
"links": [
[
"electronics",
"electronics"
],
[
"microwave",
"microwave#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(electronics) Initialism of microwave."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "morning wood"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of morning wood."
],
"id": "en-MW-en-noun-Q3p4EGN3",
"links": [
[
"morning wood",
"morning wood#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Initialism of morning wood."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"informal",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "MW"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "OED"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "RHD"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "M-W",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "MW",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Merriam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Webster"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "media"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wikiwiki"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "an American publishing company known for its dictionaries",
"word": "Merriam-Webster"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Dictionaries",
"orig": "en:Dictionaries",
"parents": [
"Lexicography",
"Reference works",
"Linguistics",
"Books",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Literature",
"Mass media",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Media",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental",
"Human"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006 December 2, Brian M. Scott <b.scottcsuohio.edu>, \"Re: CRIT: Untitled\", message-ID <a86e8xtjh2mi.nv2vbi8kpxb0$.dlg@40tude.net>, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/bb413cfaa74b0fa4",
"text": "Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […]\nMW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries"
],
"id": "en-MW-en-name-uQHZ-Q8E",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"Merriam-Webster",
"w:Merriam-Webster"
],
[
"American",
"American"
],
[
"publishing",
"publishing"
],
[
"dictionaries",
"dictionary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "MediaWiki"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Wikimedia",
"orig": "en:Wikimedia",
"parents": [
"Wiki",
"World Wide Web",
"Internet",
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of MediaWiki."
],
"id": "en-MW-en-name-0vYQkplc",
"links": [
[
"jargon",
"jargon"
],
[
"MediaWiki",
"MediaWiki#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of MediaWiki."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"taxonomic": "Wikimedia jargon"
}
],
"word": "MW"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English words without vowels",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "MWs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "MW (countable and uncountable, plural MWs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "LW"
},
{
"word": "MF"
},
{
"word": "SW"
},
{
"word": "HF"
},
{
"word": "LF"
},
{
"word": "RF"
},
{
"word": "VHF"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "medium wave"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"en:Electronics"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of medium wave."
],
"links": [
[
"electronics",
"electronics"
],
[
"medium wave",
"medium wave#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(electronics) Initialism of medium wave."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "microwave"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"en:Electronics"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of microwave."
],
"links": [
[
"electronics",
"electronics"
],
[
"microwave",
"microwave#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(electronics) Initialism of microwave."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "morning wood"
}
],
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English initialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of morning wood."
],
"links": [
[
"morning wood",
"morning wood#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Initialism of morning wood."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"countable",
"informal",
"initialism",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "MW"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English words without vowels",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "OED"
},
{
"word": "RHD"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "M-W",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "MW",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Merriam"
},
{
"word": "Webster"
},
{
"word": "media"
},
{
"word": "wiki"
},
{
"word": "wikiwiki"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "an American publishing company known for its dictionaries",
"word": "Merriam-Webster"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"English links with redundant alt parameters",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"en:Dictionaries",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006 December 2, Brian M. Scott <b.scottcsuohio.edu>, \"Re: CRIT: Untitled\", message-ID <a86e8xtjh2mi.nv2vbi8kpxb0$.dlg@40tude.net>, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.composition/msg/bb413cfaa74b0fa4",
"text": "Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […]\nMW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries"
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"Merriam-Webster",
"w:Merriam-Webster"
],
[
"American",
"American"
],
[
"publishing",
"publishing"
],
[
"dictionaries",
"dictionary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) Initialism of Merriam-Webster: an American publishing company known for its dictionaries"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "MediaWiki"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"en:Wikimedia"
],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of MediaWiki."
],
"links": [
[
"jargon",
"jargon"
],
[
"MediaWiki",
"MediaWiki#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of MediaWiki."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism"
],
"taxonomic": "Wikimedia jargon"
}
],
"word": "MW"
}
Download raw JSONL data for MW meaning in English (4.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (db0bec0 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.