ms.
gb/mˈɪs/ us/mˈɪs/
A2
Kiingereza
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A2
role
1
title for a woman
A polite title for a woman, used before her name.
Muundo wa matumizi:
Ms. [last_name] / Ms. [full_name]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners often confuse Ms. (neutral) with Miss (usually unmarried) and Mrs. (usually married). Ms. is typically pronounced /mɪz/ (“miz”).
Miunganiko ya maneno
Ms. Johnson
|Ms. Chen
|Ms. Patel
|Ms. Smith
|call someone Ms.
|address someone as Ms.
|Ms. + last name
Mada
people
|forms_of_address
|social
Mifano
- Please welcome Ms. Rivera to the stage.
- I spoke with Ms. Ahmed about the schedule change.
- The letter was addressed to Ms. Taylor.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- This is Ms. Brown.
- I emailed Ms. Lee.
Nomino
technical
B2
quantity
2
one thousandth of a second
A very short time: 0.001 seconds.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[number] ms / in [number] ms
Kosa la kawaida:
Do not confuse ms (millisecond) with m (meter) or s (second). In technical writing it is often written without a period: ms.
Miunganiko ya maneno
10 ms
|50 ms
|100 ms
|in milliseconds
|response time in ms
|latency in ms
|delay of 5 ms
|measured in ms
Mada
time
|science
|technology
Mifano
- The ping dropped to 18 ms after I changed networks.
- The camera can capture events that last only a few ms.
- The system processes each request in under 5 ms.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The delay is 20 ms.
Nomino
technical
C1
entity
3
abbreviation for manuscript
A short form of “manuscript.”
Muundo wa matumizi:
ms. / (plural) mss.
Kosa la kawaida:
In this sense, “ms.” does not mean millisecond. The plural is often written “mss.”
Miunganiko ya maneno
original ms.
|unpublished ms.
|ms. copy
|ms. submission
|ms. in the archive
|mss. collection
Mada
writing
|publishing
|education
Mifano
- The editor requested the final ms. by Friday.
- The library catalog lists the document as an 18th-century ms.
- Several mss. from the collection were digitized last year.
Sarufi
Semi
Bado hakuna semi zilizounganishwa na ingizo hili.