Meanings
mg1
plural mgs
- abbreviationhuman sciencesAbbreviation of meaning.
The Ger. zurück-weisen has just the same mgs.
1888, Charles Rockwell Lanman, “Vocabulary”, in A Sanskrit Reader, volume I, section II, page 148
MG2
plural MGs
- countableA sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 332 - abbreviationcountableinitialismgovernmentInitialism of machine gun.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of mycotic granulomatosis.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismmedicineInitialism of myasthenia gravis.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Minas Gerais: a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil
Mg3
Mg4
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Mg · noun
- Burmeseမောင်
- EnglishMg
Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung).
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Full word history & related roots →Mg · noun
Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mg
Cite this entry
mg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg
“mg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg.
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