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Meaning of "mata-mata" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MATA-MATA

From Malay, reduplicated plural of mata eye.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MATA-MATA

mata-mata  [ˈmataˈmata] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATA-MATA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mata-Mata is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATA-MATA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mata-mata

Mata mata

The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata is a freshwater turtle found in South America, primarily in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. It is the only extant species in the genus Chelus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATA-MATA


alpargata
ˌalparˈɡata
taata
ˈtata

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATA-MATA

mat
mat grass
mat.
Mata Hari
Matabele
Matabeleland
matachin
matachina
Matadi
matador
matadora
matadore
matagouri
matai
Matamoros
Matanzas
Matapan
matata
matatu
match

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATA-MATA

automata
chiasmata
coelomata
condylomata
dogmata
enchondromata
exanthemata
fermata
granulomata
leiomyomata
lemmata
miasmata
plasmodesmata
schemata
somata
stigmata
stomata
stromata
traumata
ultimata

Synonyms and antonyms of mata-mata in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mata-mata» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATA-MATA

Find out the translation of mata-mata to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mata-mata from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mata-mata» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马塔,马塔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mata -mata
570 millions of speakers

English

mata-mata
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माता माता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ماتا ماتا -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мата -мата
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mata -mata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাতা-মাতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mata mata
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mata-mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mata - mata
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マタ·マタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타 - 타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mata-mata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mata - mata
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாதா-மாதா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माता-माता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mata-mata
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mata - mata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mata -mata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мата- мату
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mata - mata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mata mata -
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mata-Mata
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mata-Mata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mata - mata
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mata-mata

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATA-MATA»

The term «mata-mata» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.727 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATA-MATA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mata-mata» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mata-mata» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mata-mata

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATA-MATA»

Discover the use of mata-mata in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mata-mata and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Guide to Yeast Genetics and Molecular and Cell Biology
replacement with the MATa allele will result in a MATa/MATa diploid, whereas a replacement with the MATa will result in a MATa/MATa diploid. Methods for Sporulating a/a and a/a Diploids 1. MATa/MATa and MATa/MATa become sporulation ...
Christine Guthrie, Gerald R. Fink, 2004
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Perspectives on Genetics: Anecdotal, Historical, and ...
MATa and MATa are truly alleles: sporulation of a MATa/MATa diploid yields two a and two a segregants in essentially all tetrads. Roman, Phillips and Sands ( 1955) provided the other concrete piece of information about the alleles of the ...
James Franklin Crow, William F. Dove, 2000
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Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to ...
Eye maha ma'a maca, (maka) in aka maka maka mata mata ma ma ma mata ( mata) mata mata manipo, (mata) mutiin mata mara mata mata mati mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata mata 45. Face waira ma'a " ...
Alfred Cort Haddon, 1935
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Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication
... marama. mana. . . menava . mano . . . manu. . . mao. . . . Ifmaama. Rmeama.. maramarama. mare maru. mata. mata. mata. matagi mataku .... mataki taki . matapo .... matara. . . . mate. makua . mau. aute . . . mea. . . mimi. . miro. . . miti . . . moa.
‎1912
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Easter Island: The Rapanui Speech and the Peopling of ...
... mar u .... mau . . , maru mata mata mata mata mata mata 2 mata mata. mata .... mata mata . . . mata 3 mata mata. . . . mata mata 4 mata 5 mata mata mata mata . . mata. . . . mata mata 6 mata mata mata mata 7 mataara . ... mata mata. . . mata .
William Churchill, Hippolyte Roussel, 1912
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Yeast Strain Selection
Sporulation is a developmental process initiated on nutrient deprivation in cells heterozygous (MATa/MATa) for the mating type locus (3,4). When MATa/ MATa diploids are induced to sporulate, the two meiotic nuclear divisions occur and cells ...
Panchal, 1990
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Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition
The variables defined in this session will not be cleared when we exit Mata; they will still be there and can be listed using mata describe if we re-enter Mata: mata mata describe # bytes type name and extent 32 real matrix A [2 ,2] 8 real scalar x  ...
Brian S. Everitt, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, 2006
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Cis-determinants of Recombination Initiation and Homologous ...
... ars307-l ars306A::HphB ars307-l ars306A::HphB ars307-l ars306A: :HphB ars307-l ars306A::HphB ars307-l ars306A::HphB MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa MATa Haploid SBY66 SBY976 ...
Joshua Chang Mell, 2007
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Characterization of in Vivo Recombinase Dynamics in ...
DKB 10 MATa/MATa, ura3/ura3 , Iys2/lys2 , ho::LYS2/ho::LYS2 , leu2::hisG/leu2:: hisG , spoil ::hisG- URA3-hisG/spoll: :hisG- URA3-hisG , his4X::LEU2/his4B:: LEU2 DKB 98 MATa/MATa, ho::LYS2/ho::LYS2 , Iys2/lys2 , ura3/ura3 ...
Parisha P. Shah, 2008
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Opium to Java: Revenue Farming and Chinese Enterprise in ...
It was for the purpose of exercising surveillance over the patungan trade and, to the extent possible, controlling it, that farmers employed mata- mata. It was their job to penetrate the patungan world and to see to it that the profits therefrom ...
James R. Rush, 2007

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATA-MATA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mata-mata is used in the context of the following news items.
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Video Game Ala Film The Grand Budapest Hotel Bisa Diunduh Gratis
Dia lalu memberi tugas kepada petugas lobby untuk mengungkap mata-mata yang menginap di hotel tersebut. Mulai dari situ, petugas lobby ... «Muvila, Jul 15»
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Illegal dumping becoming widespread
The village head of the Kg Mata-Mata NHS felt that proper dumping sites are a necessity to eradicate the problem. "This is because Bruneians ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
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Brazilian powerbrokers' desire to return to playoff system is a step back
"The mata-mata format is more exciting and fun, and it captures the interest of the fans," Santos chairman Modesto Roma Jr told the Folha. «ESPN FC, Mar 15»
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First elephant in 18 years spotted in the Kgalagadi
Lemmetuis said the elephant was spotted about 50km north of the Mata-Mata rest camp, close to the Namibian border, where it was walking in ... «News24, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mata-Mata [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mata-mata>. Apr 2024 ».
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