Refine this word faster
Related Topic Clusters
Customer Support and Service Language
Empathetic and precise wording for support replies, escalations, and resolution updates.
Sales and Marketing Copy Words
Conversion-oriented language for landing pages, ads, and lifecycle campaigns.
Professional Email and Tone Control
Phrase libraries for clearer, faster, and lower-friction professional communication.
Am
Definitions
- 1 Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
- 2 Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.
- 1 Initialism of anno mundi abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 2 Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
- 3 Alternative spelling of a.m.. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred."
- 1 before 12 noon wordnet
- 1 Contraction of I + am. abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, informal
- 1 Abbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 Initialism of Aston Martin. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of Arctic Monkeys. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Initialism of Master of Arts. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 2 modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave wordnet
- 3 Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable
- 4 a master's degree in arts and sciences wordnet
- 5 Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Show 5 more definitions
- 6 a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms wordnet
- 7 Member of the Order of Australia. countable, uncountable
- 8 the period between midnight and noon wordnet
- 9 Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"That station is available on both AM and FM."
- 10 Initialism of additive manufacturing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"The system, says Freeman is currently being used to assess exactly how AM powders pack and flow to ensure process efficiency and consistent product quality."
- 1 first-person singular present indicative of be first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular
"He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias."
Etymology
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 (“I am, I 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”).
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 (“I am, I 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”).
See also for "am"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Want a quick game? Try Word Finder.