Definition of "m"

m¹

/ɛm/

adjective
1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.
noun
plural ms
1. Abbreviation of meter.
2. Abbreviation of mile.
3. Abbreviation of month.
4. Abbreviation of minute.
  Quotations
  Another instance: 2h28m p. m., 10 micra; 3h08m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3h09m p. m., 4 micra.
  1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83
5. Abbreviation of million.
  Quotations
  The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club.
  2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎
6. Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
7. (music) Abbreviation of measure.
8. (obsolete) thousand
  Quotations
  Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars—
  1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson
verb
1. (knitting) make
  Quotations
  Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, […]
  2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 232