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# mac

noun (a mac, macs; a Mac, Macs)

«mac» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK) A mac is a raincoat (short for mackintosh). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#m1)
2. A Mac is an Apple Macintosh computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#m2)
3. (informal, US) «Mac» is a way of speaking to a man whose name you don't know, like «buddy». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#m3)
4. Mac (or Mc) at the start of a name means «son of» in Scottish and Irish names, like MacDonald. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#m4)
5. Mac and cheese is a dish of macaroni pasta in cheese sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday UK life: «Take your mac, it's raining». In computing lessons: using a Mac or a PC. In names and stories: Scottish clans.

### Examples

- Put your mac on; it's pouring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x1)
- Our school computer room has Macs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x2)
- «Hey, Mac, you dropped your wallet!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x3)
- MacGregor is a Scottish name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x4)
- We had mac and cheese for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x5)
- Her yellow mac kept her dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x6)
- Is this program for Mac or Windows? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x7)
- Mac an Da’v turned to him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/#x8)

### Note

The computer is written with a capital M: Mac. The raincoat is lower case: mac (also «mackintosh», named after Charles Macintosh). Plural: macs. «Mac» as a way to address a man is old-fashioned US slang.

## In Jewish tradition

In this text it is part of a Scottish name, Mac Gregor Mathers, meaning "son of". In the primary lessons: In everyday UK life: «Take your mac, it's raining». In computing lessons: using a Mac or a PC. In names and stories: Scottish clans.

### Examples

- The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mac/#x1)

### Note

The computer is written with a capital M: Mac. The raincoat is lower case: mac (also «mackintosh», named after Charles Macintosh). Plural: macs. «Mac» as a way to address a man is old-fashioned US slang.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mac/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mac» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mac.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mac» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mac/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mac» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mac.html) on Mova free.