Standard Lemma guide

MEK

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Mojahedin-e-Khalq.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

a family of Papuan languages

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: butanone, more there

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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noun

Meaning 5

a Papuan people living in Indonesia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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noun

Meaning 6

a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization, MKO, People's Mujahidin of Iran

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO

History

Etymology

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