Standard Lemma guide

MG

adj · name · noun · 12 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • māj
  • /meɪd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 M G IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Initialism of machine-glazed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, papermaking

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of Minas Gerais: a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of machine gun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firearm, gun, weapon

6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of mycotic granulomatosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of myasthenia gravis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Abbreviation of meaning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Myanmar, abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milligram

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit

12

noun

Meaning 12

a 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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: magnesium, atomic number 12

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

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

Coined in 2024, at least in part on the mistaken notion that mage is descended from magister, the same as Mr and Ms.