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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The first person singular, present tense, indicative mood of the verb to be. See be.
  • See ambi-.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See be.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun metrology Symbol for the attometer (attometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10−18 meters (metres).
  • verb First-person singular simple present indicative form of be.
  • abbreviation Alternative spelling of a.m..

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a master's degree in arts and sciences
  • noun a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
  • noun modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English eom; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom ("am"), from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”), a form of the verb *wesanan. Cognate with Old Norse em, emi ("am"), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, "am"), Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimi), Albanian jam ("I am"), Sanskrit अस्मि (ásmi).

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Examples

  • ‘I am not as good a man as my father was and my son is growing up worse than I am’.433

    Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

  • Very best wishes am sure you did fine..am away on retreat with the Brigittines in Holywell & then Iver Heath..but I love MV!

    Maryvale exams... Joanna Bogle 2009

  • Who knows; maybe I am *am* being unreasonable here.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Cool Forthcoming Article: 2009

  • I am new to your blog and after coming here once..am not able to stop coming again and again.

    Veg Manchurian Dry (Ginger Flavored Gobi Manchurian) 2007

  • I'm inclined lately to start whining about SGA again, but I am aware exactly how much that kind of thing annoys people who *are* feeling good about life, the fandom, and everything, so I'm thinking I might lock everything down so as not to be that crushing killjoy that nobody likes well, so as to keep it somewhat under wraps that I *am* that crushing killjoy that nobody likes.

    this magical thing you call a flock hth_the_first 2007

  • I am not at all worried about the future of the planet, but I * am* worried about the future of the human race.

    “The Entire Planet!” Sean 2006

  • I am not trying to frighten people, but I *am* personally feeling very frightened, especially this week and I suppose I am looking for reassurrance from people who are not dealing with fear symptoms: the tube really spooked me this week, then the news - ID cards, Anti terror laws, etc...

    'An open invitation to abuse their power' Rachel 2006

  •   I think it is key to who I am and where I currently am…. emotionally.

    PoeticaL trulypoetic 2004

  • I do want protection from someone mistreating me because I am what I am…

    badger Diary Entry badger 2002

  • I _am_ a research supervisor with the Bureau of Standards, and I am here for a definite purpose.

    Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970

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hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. master's degree
  2. metal
  3. metallic element
  4. modulation

same context (35)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. P.M.
  2. abesse
  3. adesse
  4. can
  5. commands
  6. dare
  7. daybreak
  8. deesse
  9. deg
  10. go
  11. in
  12. in esse
  13. interesse
  14. kill
  15. knew
  16. know
  17. knows
  18. midday
  19. midnight
  20. noon
  21. ought
  22. praie
  23. present
  24. read
  25. return
  26. so
  27. superesse
  28. thee
  29. underneath
  30. understand
  31. was
  32. where
  33. woonder
  34. would
  35. you

variants (1)

Variants

  1. be

rhymes (90)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Abram
  2. Cam
  3. Clem
  4. Dam
  5. Durham
  6. Em
  7. Fm
  8. Gem
  9. Graeme
  10. Graham
  11. Ham
  12. Hamm
  13. Jem
  14. Lamb
  15. M
  16. M.
  17. Madame
  18. Nam
  19. Pam
  20. Pm
  21. Ram
  22. Rem
  23. Sam
  24. Siam
  25. Spam
  26. Tam
  27. Tamm
  28. abram
  29. alem
  30. bam
  31. cam
  32. cardizem
  33. cham
  34. chem
  35. clam
  36. clem
  37. condemn
  38. cram
  39. dam
  40. damme
  41. damn
  42. dram
  43. em
  44. exam
  45. femme
  46. flam
  47. fm
  48. gem
  49. graham
  50. gram
  51. ham
  52. hem
  53. jam
  54. jamb
  55. jem
  56. kam
  57. lam
  58. lamb
  59. lamm
  60. lem
  61. m
  62. m.
  63. madame
  64. mam
  65. mgm
  66. p.m.
  67. pam
  68. phlegm
  69. pm
  70. ppm
  71. prem
  72. ram
  73. rem
  74. rpm
  75. sam
  76. scam
  77. sham
  78. siam
  79. slam
  80. spam
  81. stam
  82. stamm
  83. stem
  84. stram
  85. swam
  86. tam
  87. them
  88. tram
  89. wham
  90. yam

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  • oroboros commented on the word am

    Am. Chemical element symbol for Americium.

    December 16, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word am

    Also, Ante Meridiem (the period between midnight and noon) and Amplitude Modulation (one of two standard techniques for transmitting information via radio waves).

    December 17, 2007

  • bilby commented on the word am

    Am not.

    December 26, 2008

  • Telofy commented on the word am

    See amn't.

    December 26, 2008