ma

plural mas

1. abbreviationplural normallyastronomyAbbreviation of milli-arcsecond.

plural mas

1. colloquialand in direct addressmother, mama

   Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.

   2011, Philip Reeve, Scrivener's Moon, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 48

   Synonyms: mama, mamma, mater, maw, mom, mommy, mother, mum

2. colloquialThe landlady of a theater.

   […] that dear little man writing in the guestbook of the "Ma" or theatrical landlady […]

   1949, Shaw Desmond, The Edwardian Story, page 322

1. May.

1. alternativedialectalinformalAlternative spelling of my.

1. ManglishSinglishalternativeAlternative form of mah.

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mah.

1. uncountableartNegative space in Japanese art.

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemathematicsInitialism of moving average.

plural MAs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Master of Arts.
2. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of mature audience, a television rating.
3. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of master-at-arms.

1. abbreviationuncountablepostalAbbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States.
2. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of Maluku: a province of Indonesia.
3. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of Maranhão: a state of Brazil.
4. abbreviationuncountablebusinessAbbreviation of Mastercard.

   Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.

   2024 March 26, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Visa and Mastercard agree to $30 billion settlement that will lower merchant fees”, in CNN Business

alternative ma

1. informaluncountableMother, mom, mama.

alternative ma

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of May.

1. A common surname from Chinese of East Asian derivation.

1. A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.