--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 16 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A mathematician is a person who studies maths deeply or whose job is doing maths, finding new ideas, proving things or solving hard problems.[↗](../../mathematician/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who is very good at maths can be called a good mathematician.[↗](../../mathematician/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who helped send astronauts into space.[↗](../../mathematician/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mathematician checks that a proof works for every number.[↗](../../mathematician/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class has some keen young mathematicians.[↗](../../mathematician/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pythagoras was an ancient Greek mathematician.[↗](../../mathematician/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mathematicians use patterns to solve problems.[↗](../../mathematician/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ada Lovelace was a mathematician and the first computer programmer.[↗](../../mathematician/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mathematics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The study of numbers, quantities, shapes, patterns and measurements, and the logic connecting them.[↗](../../mathematics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The school subject that teaches this.[↗](../../mathematics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The calculations or reasoning involved in something, as in «the mathematics of the problem».[↗](../../mathematics/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mathematics is my favourite subject.[↗](../../mathematics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have mathematics every morning.[↗](../../mathematics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mathematics helps us understand patterns in nature.[↗](../../mathematics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister wants to study mathematics at university.[↗](../../mathematics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mathematics behind the game is quite simple.[↗](../../mathematics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Builders use mathematics to measure and plan.[↗](../../mathematics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mathematics is the same in every language: 3 × 4 is always 12.[↗](../../mathematics/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Although tlie sexagesimal position was anciently known in Babylonia, yet it was used only, in higher mathematics, as in (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mathematics/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Miller calls attention to the recent change of view in reference to several im- portant qnestions in the history of elementary mathematics.[↗](../../mathematics/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mathematics/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **matinee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A matinee is a performance of a play, show or film in the afternoon.[↗](../../matinee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went to the Saturday matinee of the pantomime.[↗](../../matinee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Matinee tickets are often cheaper.[↗](../../matinee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The matinee starts at 2 o'clock.[↗](../../matinee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad took us to a matinee of «The Lion King».[↗](../../matinee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no matinee on Mondays.[↗](../../matinee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cinema shows a kids' matinee every Sunday.[↗](../../matinee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **matriarch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A matriarch is a woman who is the head of a family or group, often the oldest and most respected.[↗](../../matriarch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In animal groups like elephants, the matriarch is the old female who leads the herd.[↗](../../matriarch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The matriarch led the elephants to the waterhole.[↗](../../matriarch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny is the matriarch of our family.[↗](../../matriarch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone listened to the matriarch's advice.[↗](../../matriarch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Killer whale pods are led by matriarchs.[↗](../../matriarch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old matriarch knew every path in the forest.[↗](../../matriarch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the matriarch ruled the family business.[↗](../../matriarch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **matron** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A matron is a married woman, usually older and sensible, who is treated with respect.[↗](../../matron/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) A matron is a senior nurse or carer in charge of a hospital ward, a school or a home.[↗](../../matron/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The matron of the hospital checked on each child.[↗](../../matron/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a kind and honest matron.[↗](../../matron/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two respectable matrons sat at the front of the hall.[↗](../../matron/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The matron wore a long grey dress and a crown.[↗](../../matron/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **matronly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious.[↗](../../matronly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The matronly lady scolded the boys for running.[↗](../../matronly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her matronly manner made everyone sit up straight.[↗](../../matronly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hera had a matronly look of strict virtue.[↗](../../matronly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **matt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not shiny; having a dull, flat surface: «matt paint», «a matt photo».[↗](../../matt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Matt is a boy's name, short for Matthew.[↗](../../matt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We painted the walls with matt white paint.[↗](../../matt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gloss paint is shiny, but matt paint is dull.[↗](../../matt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The photos came out matt, not glossy.[↗](../../matt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Matt paint hides bumps on the wall better.[↗](../../matt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone has a matt screen protector to stop glare.[↗](../../matt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Matt is my best friend in class.[↗](../../matt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist chose a matt finish for the poster.[↗](../../matt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A matt surface does not reflect light like a mirror.[↗](../../matt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **matter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Matter is what everything is made of; all things that take up space and have mass are matter.[↗](../../matter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A matter is a subject or problem to deal with: a serious matter.[↗](../../matter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To matter is to be important: your feelings matter.[↗](../../matter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «What's the matter?» asks what is wrong.[↗](../../matter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* An affair or subject of concern, or a thing being discussed.[↗](../../matter/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It does not matter which order you add.[↗](../../matter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No matter how you count, there are 12.[↗](../../matter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the matter with the sum?[↗](../../matter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · What's the matter?[↗](../../matter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") You look sad.[↗](../../matter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything around us is made of matter.[↗](../../matter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Solids, liquids and gases are states of matter.[↗](../../matter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It doesn't matter if you lose, just have fun.[↗](../../matter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Every vote matters.[↗](../../matter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As a matter of fact, I've already finished.[↗](../../matter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · “O Peter, you know it matters.”[↗](../../matter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.[↗](../../matter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.[↗](../../matter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.18.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.[↗](../../matter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Were thy harlotries a small matter, (Prophets EZK.16.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is the end of the matter.[↗](../../matter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.7.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And David said unto him: 'How went the matter?[↗](../../matter/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../matter/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.[↗](../../matter/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.9, JPS 1917) · There's nothing the matter with me.[↗](../../matter/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · A cipher for the matter: twenty-two (numbers) \[objects\] in one body.[↗](../../matter/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) **matting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Matting is material such as rubber, rope, straw or plastic used to cover floors, often in large rolls.[↗](../../matting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Matting of hair or fur is when it tangles into thick knots.[↗](../../matting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The gym floor is covered with soft matting.[↗](../../matting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There is rubber matting under the climbing frame.[↗](../../matting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hall had straw matting on the floor.[↗](../../matting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Brush your dog every day to stop matting.[↗](../../matting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put non-slip matting in the shower.[↗](../../matting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We cut the matting to fit the doorway.[↗](../../matting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Matting was spread for him to squat on, and the best provisions set before him.[↗](../../matting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mattock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mattock is a digging tool like a pickaxe, with a heavy blade on one side and a flat or pointed blade on the other, used for breaking hard ground.[↗](../../mattock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The men dug the hard ground with their mattocks.[↗](../../mattock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She carried a mattock up the mountain.[↗](../../mattock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They searched all evening, swinging their mattocks.[↗](../../mattock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.[↗](../../mattock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mattock/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.[↗](../../mattock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mattock/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.[↗](../../mattock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.7.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mattock/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mattress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mattress is the large, thick, soft pad that you lie on in a bed.[↗](../../mattress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An air mattress is a plastic one you fill with air, for camping or for floating on water.[↗](../../mattress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My mattress is so soft I sink into it.[↗](../../mattress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We blew up an air mattress for my cousin to sleep on.[↗](../../mattress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old mattress was too lumpy, so we bought a new one.[↗](../../mattress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother jumped on the mattress until Mum told him to stop.[↗](../../mattress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the princess could feel a pea under twenty mattresses.[↗](../../mattress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the mattress there are hundreds of metal springs.[↗](../../mattress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · People used to hide money under the mattress.[↗](../../mattress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then she put twenty mattresses on top of the pea, and twenty eider-down quilts on the top of the mattresses.[↗](../../mattress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mature** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mature means fully grown or developed: «a mature oak tree».[↗](../../mature/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mature means behaving in a sensible, grown-up way.[↗](../../mature/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To mature means to grow up, or to become ready: cheese and fruit mature with time.[↗](../../mature/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (euphemism) Mature can mean older, as in «mature students».[↗](../../mature/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caterpillar matures into a butterfly.[↗](../../mature/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is very mature for her age.[↗](../../mature/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes years for an oak tree to mature.[↗](../../mature/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a mature way to settle the argument.[↗](../../mature/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mature cheddar has a strong taste.[↗](../../mature/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mature students go back to college as adults.[↗](../../mature/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **maturity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being grown-up and sensible in how you think and behave.[↗](../../maturity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being fully grown or developed (for animals, plants, fruit).[↗](../../maturity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (money) The date when a loan or savings bond must be paid back.[↗](../../maturity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She showed great maturity when she said sorry first.[↗](../../maturity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Salmon return to their river when they reach maturity.[↗](../../maturity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The report said Sam has grown in maturity this year.[↗](../../maturity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some trees take fifty years to reach maturity.[↗](../../maturity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Maturity is not about age but about how you behave.[↗](../../maturity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The savings bond reaches maturity in five years.[↗](../../maturity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I became a man; I came out in full maturity.[↗](../../maturity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **matzah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Matzah is a flat, thin, crispy bread made only from flour and water, without yeast, so it does not rise.[↗](../../matzah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Jewish people eat matzah during the festival of Passover to remember the Exodus, when the Israelites left Egypt in a hurry and had no time to let their bread rise.[↗](../../matzah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At the Seder meal, the family broke a piece of matzah.[↗](../../matzah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Matzah is flat because it has no yeast in it.[↗](../../matzah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jewish people eat matzah during Passover.[↗](../../matzah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rachel's grandma makes matzah ball soup.[↗](../../matzah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Israelites left Egypt so quickly that their bread had no time to rise.[↗](../../matzah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Matzah tastes like a big plain cracker.[↗](../../matzah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we compared bread with yeast and matzah without it.[↗](../../matzah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **maul** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To attack and hurt badly with claws and teeth, as a bear or big cat might.[↗](../../maul/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To handle something or someone roughly: the toddler mauled the cake.[↗](../../maul/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To beat a team or person very heavily, or to criticise strongly.[↗](../../maul/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun, rugby) A group of players pushing together around the player holding the ball.[↗](../../maul/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun) A heavy hammer for splitting wood.[↗](../../maul/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hiker was mauled by a bear but survived.[↗](../../maul/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never tease a dog; it might maul you.[↗](../../maul/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop mauling the bread with your dirty hands\![↗](../../maul/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team got mauled ten-nil.[↗](../../maul/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The critics mauled the new film.[↗](../../maul/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rugby players formed a maul.[↗](../../maul/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad split the logs with a maul.[↗](../../maul/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat mauled my toy mouse.[↗](../../maul/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.[↗](../../maul/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maul/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou art My maul and weapons of war, and with thee will I shatter the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; (Prophets JER.51.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maul/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A maul is come up before thy face; guard the defences, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily! — (Prophets NAM.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maul/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **maundy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, when Christians remember the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and how he washed their feet.[↗](../../maundy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) Maundy money is special silver coins that the British king or queen gives to older people on Maundy Thursday.[↗](../../maundy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) The Maundy is the ceremony of washing people's feet, done to remember Jesus' example of serving others.[↗](../../maundy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On Maundy Thursday we remember the Last Supper.[↗](../../maundy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest washed people's feet at the Maundy service.[↗](../../maundy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Maundy Thursday comes just before Good Friday.[↗](../../maundy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king gave Maundy money to elderly people.[↗](../../maundy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus washed his disciples' feet to show they must serve one another.[↗](../../maundy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Holy Week includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.[↗](../../maundy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mausoleum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mausoleum is a large, grand tomb or building in which a dead person is buried.[↗](../../mausoleum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was buried in a huge marble mausoleum.[↗](../../mausoleum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The empty old palace was like a mausoleum.[↗](../../mausoleum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient church was a quiet mausoleum for many kings.[↗](../../mausoleum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **maw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A maw is the mouth, jaws or throat of a hungry or fierce animal.[↗](../../maw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A maw is anything that seems to swallow things up, like a big dark hole: «the maw of the cave».[↗](../../maw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Scotland, informal) «Maw» means mum or mother; «Paw» is dad.[↗](../../maw/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crocodile opened its huge maw.[↗](../../maw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed into the dark maw of the storm.[↗](../../maw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon's maw was full of sharp teeth.[↗](../../maw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cave's black maw frightened the explorers.[↗](../../maw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Maw, can I go out to play?» asked the boy in Glasgow.[↗](../../maw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The whale's maw swallowed the tiny fish.[↗](../../maw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, just as the father pitched his younger son into the sea, a great whale-fish was coming along and swallowed him, and into its maw he went.[↗](../../maw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.[↗](../../maw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../maw/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **max** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for «maximum»: the biggest amount possible.[↗](../../max/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, adverb) At most («It'll take ten minutes max»).[↗](../../max/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) max out = use up to the limit («maxed out the card»).[↗](../../max/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) «to the max» = completely.[↗](../../max/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (a name) Max, a boy's name (short for Maximilian or Maxwell).[↗](../../max/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (maths, computing) max — the largest value in a set.[↗](../../max/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'll be ten minutes, max.[↗](../../max/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the volume up to max\![↗](../../max/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The max score is 100 points.[↗](../../max/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the max of 4, 9 and 7 — it's 9.[↗](../../max/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He maxed out his phone's storage.[↗](../../max/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We partied to the max.[↗](../../max/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog is called Max.[↗](../../max/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The first to perceive that max means vowels was Dunash Ibn 'J'amim \*'), who explained that by the three mother letters tPOS the Sefer Yczirah meant the three vowel letters "x.[↗](../../max/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../max/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/17/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/15/) - next →: [page 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/17/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)