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MAYDAY

Pronunciation (US):

• MAYDAY (noun)
The noun MAYDAY has 1 sense:

1. an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

Familiarity information: MAYDAY used as a noun is very rare.

• MAYDAY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mayday" is a kind of...):

distress call; distress signal (an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed)

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