mac

Everyday

1. (UK) A mac is a raincoat (short for mackintosh). tree →
2. A Mac is an Apple Macintosh computer. tree →
3. (informal, US) «Mac» is a way of speaking to a man whose name you don't know, like «buddy». tree →
4. Mac (or Mc) at the start of a name means «son of» in Scottish and Irish names, like MacDonald. tree →
5. Mac and cheese is a dish of macaroni pasta in cheese sauce. tree →

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 →
• Our school computer room has Macs. tree →
• «Hey, Mac, you dropped your wallet!» tree →
• MacGregor is a Scottish name. tree →
• We had mac and cheese for tea. tree →
• Her yellow mac kept her dry. tree →
• Is this program for Mac or Windows? tree →
• Mac an Da’v turned to him. tree →

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 →

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.