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ms.

ms. is the abbreviation of manuscript.

ms. is the plural of m..

Meaning of manuscript

Noun

manuscript (plural manuscripts)

  1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
    • We read in history, that the beauty of an ancient manuscript tempted King Alfred, when a boy at his mother's knee, to learn the letters of the Saxon tongue.1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Anglo-Saxon Language and Poetry”, in The Poets and Poetry of Europe. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, […], →OCLC, page 1, column 1
  2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

See all 3 meanings of manuscript

Noun (1) capitalized: MS.

MS. (plural MSS.)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of manuscript.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ms.

Ms. (plural Mss. or Mses.)

  1. (Canada, US, standard) US and Canada standard form of Ms.
    • To protest the sandwich chain’s use of azodicarbonamide in its bread, Ms. Hari posted a video of herself chewing another item in which the chemical is found: a yoga mat.2015 March 13, Courtney Rubin, “Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2015
    • The comment from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, delivered in his home state, was a harsh reminder for Ms. Capito of the tricky politics she was navigating as the Republican responsible for figuring out if there is a bipartisan compromise to be had with Mr. Biden on a major infrastructure and...2021 May 12, Emily Cochrane, “In Infrastructure Talks With Biden, Capito Faces Fraught Path to Deal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2021

Forms of ms.

pluralmss.
pluralMSS.
pluralMss.
pluralMses.

Words formed from ms.

Phrases with ms.

Questions about ms.

What is ms. the abbreviation of?
Ms. is the abbreviation of manuscript.
What part of speech is ms.?
Ms. is a noun.
What is the plural of ms.?
The plural of ms. is mss..

Words near ms. in the dictionary

  1. Ms Wrongs
  2. MS-13
  3. MS-13er
  4. MS-13ers
  5. MS-DOS
  6. ms.
  7. Ms. Claus
  8. Ms. Clauses
  9. Ms. President
  10. Ms. Presidents
  11. Ms. Right

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ms. (page history and authors); MS. (page history and authors); Ms. (page history and authors); manuscript (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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