M
noun
Abbreviation of million.
Thousand
verb
Make
adjective
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
Belonging to males; typically used by males.
““John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.”
noun
A prescribed quantity or extent.
The act or result of measuring.
Metrical rhythm.
noun
(always meter) A device that measures things.
(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
(always meter) One who metes or measures.
“a labouring coal-meter”
noun
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
noun
A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
“You have twenty minutes to complete the test.”
A short but unspecified time period.
“Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!”
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
“We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.”
Synonyms: instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic, minute of arc
noun
A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
“July is my favourite month.”
A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
“We went on holiday for two months.”
(in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.