Charles shouted upstairs to his wife,» Hurry up or we’ll be late.» «Oh, be quiet,» replied his wife. «Haven’t I been telling you for the last hour that I’ll be ready in a minute?»
- (the met) a (in full the met office) meteorological office. B metropolitan police in london. [abbreviation]
MEV
abbr. Mega-electronvolt(s).
- abbr. Mega-electronvolt(s).
MEW
—n. Characteristic cry of a cat, gull, etc. —v. Utter this sound. [imitative]
- —n. Characteristic cry of a cat, gull, etc. —v. Utter this sound. [imitative]
- n. Gull, esp. The common gull. [old english]
- n. Gull, esp. The common gull. [old english]
MGR
Abbr. - manager.
- monseigneur.
- monsignor.
MHZ
abbr. Megahertz.
MID
attrib. Adj. (usu. In comb.) The middle of (mid-air; mid-june). [old english]
MIL
n. One-thousandth of an inch, as a unit of measure for the diameter of wire etc. [latin mille thousand]
MIN
Abbr. - minister.
- ministry.
- Abbr. - minute(s).
- minimum.
- minim (fluid measure).
MIS
prefix added to verbs and verbal derivatives: meaning ‘amiss’, ‘badly’, ‘wrongly’, ‘unfavourably’ (mislead; misshapen; mistrust). [old english]
- prefix occurring in some verbs, nouns, and adjectives meaning ‘badly’, ‘wrongly’, ‘amiss’, ‘ill-’, or having a negative force (misadventure; mischief). [latin minus]
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