M.abbr.1. master2. mill (currency)3. minimAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.m. abbreviation for 1. (Cricket) cricket maiden (over) 2. male 3. mare 4. married 5. masculine M. abbreviation for pl MM or MM1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Majesty2. (in titles) Member3. (Mathematics) million4. Also: M Monsieur5. mountain [(sense 4) French equivalent of Mr]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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m- prefix short for meta-4 m- prefix indicating the use of mobile-communications technology: m-banking. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014M, m (?m) n., pl. Ms M’s, ms m’s. 1. the 13th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like an M. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m. 5. Print. em. M 1. mach. 2. major. 3. married. 4. Medieval. 5. medium. 6. mega-. 7. Middle. M Symbol. 1. the 13th in order or in a series. 2. the Roman numeral for 1000. 3. magnetization. 4. methionine. 5. minim. m 1. mass. 2. medieval. 3. medium. 4. meter. 5. middle. 6. minor. m- 1. meta-. 2. (referring esp. to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile: m-commerce; m-business. M’- var. of Mac-. M. 1. majesty. 2. markka. 3. marquis. 4. measure. 5. medicine. 6. medium. 7. meridian. 8. noon. [
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MEabbr.1. also Me. Maine2. a. mechanical engineerb. mechanical engineering3. medical examiner4. Middle Englishme (m?)pron.The objective case of I11. Used as the direct object of a verb: He assisted me.2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered me a ride.3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to me.4. Informal Used as a predicate nominative: It’s me. See Usage Notes at be, but, I1.5. Nonstandard Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: I bought me a new car.[Middle English, from Old English m?; see me- in Indo-European roots.]Our Living Language Speakers of vernacular varieties of English, especially in the South, will commonly utter sentences like I bought me some new clothes or She got her a good job, in which the objective form of the pronoun (me, her) rather than the reflexive pronoun (myself, herself) is used to refer back to the subject of the sentence (I, She). However, the reflexive pronoun of Standard English cannot always be replaced by the vernacular objective pronoun. For example, Jane baked her and John some cookies doesn’t mean “Jane baked herself and John some cookies.” In this sentence, her must refer to someone other than Jane, just as it does in Standard English. In addition, forms like me and her cannot be used in place of myself or herself unless the noun in the phrase following the pronoun is preceded by a modifier such as some, a, or a bunch of. Thus, sentences such as I cooked me some dinner and We bought us a bunch of candy are commonplace; sentences such as I cooked me dinner and We bought us candy do not occur at all. Sometimes objective pronouns can occur where reflexive pronouns cannot. For example, one might hear in vernacular speech I’m gonna write me a letter to the president; nobody, no matter what variety he or she speaks, would say I’m gonna write myself a letter to the president.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.me (mi?; unstressed m?) pron (objective) 1. refers to the speaker or writer: that shocks me; he gave me the glass. 2. (when used an an indirect object) chiefly US a dialect word for myself: I want to get me a car. ninformal the personality of the speaker or writer or something that expresses it: the real me comes out when I’m happy. [Old English m? (dative); compare Dutch, German mir, Latin m? (accusative), mihi (dative)]me (mi?) n (Music, other) a variant spelling of mime the internet domain name for (Computer Science) Montenegro Me the chemical symbol for (Chemistry) the methyl group ME abbreviation for 1. (Placename) Maine 2. (Professions) Marine Engineer 3. (Nautical Terms) Marine Engineer 4. (Professions) Mechanical Engineer 5. (Mechanical Engineering) Mechanical Engineer 6. (Christian Churches, other) Methodist Episcopal 7. (Professions) Mining Engineer 8. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining Engineer 9. (Languages) Middle English 10. (Historical Terms) Middle English 11. (in titles) Most Excellent 12. (Pathology) myalgic encephalopathy Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014me (mi) pron. 1. the objective case of I, used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me to the party. Give me your hand. 2. (used instead of the pronoun I in the predicate after the verb to be): It’s me. 3. (used instead of the pronoun my before a gerund or present participle): Did you hear about me getting promoted? adj. 4. of or involving an obsessive interest in one’s own satisfaction: the me decade. [before 900; Middle English me, Old English m? (dat. and acc. singular); c. Dutch mij, Old High German mir] usage: The traditional rule is that personal pronouns after the verb to be take the nominative case (I; she; he; we; they). Some 400 years ago, me and other objective pronouns (him; her; us; them) began to replace the subjective forms after be. Today, such constructions – It’s me. That’s him. It must be them – are almost universal in informal speech. In formal speech and in edited writing, however, the subjective forms are used: It must be they. The figure at the window had been she, not her husband. The objective forms have also replaced the subjective forms in speech in such constructions as Me neither. Who, them? and frequently in comparisons after as or than: She’s no faster than him at climbing. Another traditional rule is that gerunds, being verb forms functioning as nouns, must be preceded by the possessive pronoun (my; your; her; its; their; etc.): The landlord objected to my (not me) having a dog. In practice, however, both objective and possessive forms appear before gerunds, the possessive being more common in formal, edited writing, the objective more common in informal writing and speech. See also than. ME 1. Maine. 2. Middle East. 3. Middle English. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.me1. ‘me’Me can be the object of a verb or preposition. You use me to refer to yourself.Be Careful!In standard English, ‘me’ is not used as the indirect object of a sentence when ‘I’ is the subject. Don’t say, for example, ‘I got me a drink’. Say ‘I got myself a drink’.In conversation, people sometimes use me as part of the subject of a sentence.Be Careful!Don’t use ‘me’ as part of the subject of a sentence in formal or written English. Use I.If you are asked ‘Who is it?’, you can say ‘It’s me’, or just ‘Me’.
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M’- prefix a variant of Mac- Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014M, m (?m) n., pl. Ms M’s, ms m’s. 1. the 13th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like an M. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m. 5. Print. em. M 1. mach. 2. major. 3. married. 4. Medieval. 5. medium. 6. mega-. 7. Middle. M Symbol. 1. the 13th in order or in a series. 2. the Roman numeral for 1000. 3. magnetization. 4. methionine. 5. minim. m 1. mass. 2. medieval. 3. medium. 4. meter. 5. middle. 6. minor. m- 1. meta-. 2. (referring esp. to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile: m-commerce; m-business. M’- var. of Mac-. M. 1. majesty. 2. markka. 3. marquis. 4. measure. 5. medicine. 6. medium. 7. meridian. 8. noon. [
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M 1 also m The symbol for the Roman numeral 1,000.M 2abbr.1. Printing em2. Bible Maccabees3. Mach number4. male5. married6. medium7. meridian8. Latin meridies (noon)9. metal10. middle11. middle term12. Sports midfielder13. million14. M Chemistry molarity15. Physics moment16. Monday17. Monsieur18. month19. mutual inductancem 1 or M (?m)n. pl. m’s or M’s also ms or Ms 1. The 13th letter of the modern English alphabet.2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter m.3. The 13th in a series.4. Something shaped like the letter M.m 2abbr.1. Grammar masculine2. Physics mass3. meter (measurement)4. mile5. minute6. also M Physics modulus7. m Chemistry molalityAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.m (?m) or Mn, pl m’s, M’s or Ms1. (Linguistics) the 13th letter and tenth consonant of the modern English alphabet2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a bilabial nasal, as in matm symbol for 1. (Units) metre(s) 2. (Units) mile(s) 3. (Units) milli- 4. (Units) minute(s) M symbol for 1. (Units) mach 2. medium (size) 3. mega- 4. (Currencies) currency mark(s) 5. (Mathematics) million 6. (Astronomy) astronomy Messier catalogue; a catalogue published in 1784, in which 103 nebulae and clusters are listed using a numerical system: M13 is the globular cluster in Hercules. 7. Middle 8. (General Physics) physics modulus 9. (Automotive Engineering) (in Britain) motorway: the M1 runs from London to Leeds. 10. (Film) (in Australia)a. mature audience (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone over the age of 15)b. (as modifier): an M film. 11. (Logic) logic the middle term of a syllogism 12. (General Physics) physics mutual inductance 13. (Chemistry) chem molar 14. (Mathematics) (Roman numeral)1000. See Roman numerals abbreviation for (Automotive Engineering) Malta (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014M, m (?m) n., pl. Ms M’s, ms m’s. 1. the 13th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like an M. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter M or m. 5. Print. em. M 1. mach. 2. major. 3. married. 4. Medieval. 5. medium. 6. mega-. 7. Middle. M Symbol. 1. the 13th in order or in a series. 2. the Roman numeral for 1000. 3. magnetization. 4. methionine. 5. minim. m 1. mass. 2. medieval. 3. medium. 4. meter. 5. middle. 6. minor. m- 1. meta-. 2. (referring esp. to the use of wireless electronic devices) mobile: m-commerce; m-business. M’- var. of Mac-. M. 1. majesty. 2. markka. 3. marquis. 4. measure. 5. medicine. 6. medium. 7. meridian. 8. noon. [
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‘m Contraction of am: I’m feeling fine.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.’m contraction of 1. (verb) am 2. (noun) madam: yes’m. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014