ms

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/ɛmz/US/ˈmɪz/US/ˈmɪs/UK/məz/

noun

M/S: Initialism of motor ship.

Very commonScrabble 4

Meanings

ms1

nounms (plural mss)

plural mss · alternative ms.

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of manuscript.

ms2

noun

alternative m's

  1. pluralplural of m

MS3

nounMS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes)

plural MSes

  1. abbreviationcountableuncountableplural MSSAbbreviation of manuscript.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of mint state, a grading term.
  3. countableuncountablenauticalM/S: Initialism of motor ship.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of morphine sulfate.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecardiologyInitialism of mitral stenosis.
  6. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of multiple sclerosis.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableacademicsInitialism of Master of Science.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of middle school.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of mini-sheet.
  10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecriminologyInitialism of murder-suicide.
  11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of medium shot.
  12. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of member of Senedd
proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975.
  3. abbreviationAbbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States.
  4. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of Morgan Stanley.

    According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.”

    2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business

Ms4

nounMs (plural Mss or Mses)

plural Mss · plural Mses · alternative Ms. · alternative M/s

  1. Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs.

    Ms Jane Doe; Ms. Roe

    1 more example

    ‘[…] I don’t know how to thank you for this, Mrs Stevenson.’ ‘It’s Ms to my business associates and Anna to you,’ […]

    1995, Stephen King, “The Kindness of Strangers”, in Rose Madder, London: BCA [Book Club Associates], →OCLC, section 7, page 55
  2. Title used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.

    Ms Efficiency and Ms Right

    Synonyms: Mrs.

Ms5

noun

alternative M's

  1. pluralplural of M

Ms6

nounMs (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of mesyl.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTitle used for a woman before a place, name, thing, or description that she is supposed to typify or represent.

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nouna chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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multiple sclerosisdisseminated sclerosisdisseminated multiple sclerosis
Broader
sclerosisindurationdegenerative disorder

nouna master's degree in science

nouna form of address for a woman

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Broader
titletitle of respectform of address

nounthe form of a literary work submitted for publication

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writingwritten materialpiece of writing

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Origin

ms · noun

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Ms · noun

Found since the 1600s as an abbreviation of mistress (whence also Miss and Mrs), a title which initially did not indicate marital status. Suggestions that the term be revived began in 1901, and referenced the fact that dialects such as Southern US English already made no distinction between Miss and Mrs (/ˈmɪz/) in speech. With the founding of the magazine Ms. in 1971, the term quickly became widespread as an alternative to Miss and Mrs., which require knowing (and publicizing) the referent's marital status.

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Ms · noun

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Ms · noun

From a shortening of its name.

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Translations

Afrikaans ms
  • mstitle
Chinese Mandarin 女士
  • 女士 (nǚshì)title
Esperanto s-ino
  • s-inotitle
French Mme
  • Mmetitle
German Frau
  • Frautitle
Greek Δις, Δδα
  • Δις (Dis)title
  • Δδα (Dda)title
Italian Sig.ra
  • Sig.ratitle
Polish panna, panienka
  • pannatitle
  • panienkatitle
Russian госпожа́, г-жа
  • госпожа́ (gospožá)title
  • г-жа (g-ža)title
Spanish Señora, Sra.
  • Señoratitle
  • Sra.title
Swedish fru
  • frutitle

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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