Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Initialism of anno mundi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
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adv
Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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adv
Alternative spelling of a.m..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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contraction
Contraction of I + am.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal
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name
Abbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of Aston Martin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Initialism of Master of Arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: education
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noun
Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: law, property
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noun
Member of the Order of Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, communication, communications, media
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noun
Initialism of additive manufacturing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing
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verb
first-person singular present indicative of be
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular
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noun
modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: amplitude modulation
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Broader terms: modulation
noun
a master's degree in arts and sciences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister
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Broader terms: master's degree
noun
a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: americium, atomic number 95
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Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésmi Proto-Germanic *immi Proto-West Germanic *im Old English eom Middle English am English am From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h1ésmi (“to be, to exist”). Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Albanian jam (“am”).
Across languages
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