m
1 of 4noun
ˈem 
plural m's or ms ˈemz
often capitalized, often attributive
1
a
: the 13th letter of the English alphabet
b
: a graphic representation of this letter
c
: a speech counterpart of orthographic m
2
: one thousand see Table of Numbers
3
: a graphic device for reproducing the letter m
4
: one designated m especially as the 13th in order or class
5
: something shaped like the letter M
6
a
: em sense 2
b
: pica sense 2
m
2 of 4abbreviation (1)
1
male
2
manual
3
married
4
martyr
5
masculine
6
mass
7
measure
8
meridian
9
[Latin meridies] noon
10
meter
11
middle
12
mile
13
[Latin mille] thousand
14
milli-
15
minute
16
molal; molality
17
mole
18
month
19
moon
20
morning
21
muscle
M
3 of 4abbreviation (2)
1
Mach
2
magnitude
3
March
4
May
5
medium
6
mega-
7
million
8
molar; molarity
9
monsieur
m-
4 of 4abbreviation (3)
meta-
Example Sentences
Noun a word that starts with an m a word that starts with m
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing m
Kids Definition
m 1 of 2
noun
ˈem
plural m's or ms
ˈemz
often capitalized
1
: the 13th letter of the English alphabet
2
: 1000 in Roman numerals
m.
2 of 2abbreviation
1
male
2
meter
3
mile
Medical Definition
m 1 of 4
abbreviation
1
Mach
2
male
3
married
4
masculine
5
mass
6
meter
7
[Latin mille] thousand
8
million
9
minim
10
minute
11
molal
12
molality
13
molar
14
molarity
15
mole
16
mucoid
17
muscle
m-
2 of 4abbreviation
meta-
M
3 of 4noun
ˈem
plural M's or Ms
: an antigen of human blood that shares a common genetic locus with the N antigen
M
4 of 4abbreviation
1
[Latin misce] mix —used in writing prescriptions
2
mitosis see m phase
- little stint
- little striker
- little sugar pine
- little tern
- little theater
- little toe
- little tuna
- little tunny
- Little Vehicle
- little walachia
- little whaup
- little white heron
- little woman
- little wonder
- little-boys' breeches
- little-ease
- littlehead porgy
- littlemouth porgy
- littleneck
- littlenecks
- littleness
- littlenesses
- littler
- littles
- littlest