mc-

\\mə̇k; mə̇ before forms beginning with k or g\ prefix

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: McDonald's, chain of fast-food restaurants; from the association of the chain with products that are easily available though basic and standardized

: — used to indicate an inexpensive, convenient, or easy but usually low-quality or commercialized version of something specified

McBook

McDoctor

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m.c. «EHM SEE», transitive verb, intransitive verb, m.c.'d, m.c.'ing.

Informal. to act as master of ceremonies (for): »

[He] wrote it, produced it, m.c.'d it, and, he now says, loved every minute of it (New Yorker).

Mc-

prefix combining form

used to indicate certain qualities associated with mass-production, such as easy availability, lack of individuality, inferiority in comparison to something perceived to be genuine or original. »

McMansion; McJob; dismissed the faddish interest in the Kabbalah as McMysticism.

╂[< McDonald's, a fast-food restaurant chain]

mc (no period),

1. megacycle or megacycles.

2. millicurie or millicuries.

mc.,

megacycle or megacycles.

m.c. or MC (no periods),

master of ceremonies.

M.C.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. master of ceremonies.

2. Medical Corps.

3. Member of Congress.

4. British. Military Cross.