mg

M3G2
/meɪd͡ʒ/

noun

A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.

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magnesiumatomic number 12milligram
Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

mg1

nounmg (plural mgs)

plural mgs

  1. 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

nounMG (countable and uncountable, plural MGs)

plural MGs

  1. 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
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismgovernmentInitialism of machine gun.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of mycotic granulomatosis.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismmedicineInitialism of myasthenia gravis.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Minas Gerais: a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil
adjectiveMG (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableartsInitialism of machine-glazed.

Mg3

nounMg (plural Mgs)

plural Mgs

  1. MyanmarabbreviationAbbreviation of Maung A title for males (analogous to Mr in standard English).

Mg4

nounMg (plural Mgs)

plural Mgs · alternative Mg.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of mage A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.

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)

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magnesiumatomic number 12
Broader
metallic elementmetal

nounone thousandth (1/1,000) gram

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Broader
metric weight unitweight unit

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Origin

Mg · noun

  1. Burmeseမောင်
  2. EnglishMg

Abbreviation of Maung. Borrowed from Burmese မောင် (maung).

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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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

mg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg

MLA

“mg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mg.

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