am
IPA: ˈæm
Root Word: AM
noun
- Member of the Order of Australia.
- Abbreviation of Amazonas (state of Brazil) [A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus]
- (automative) Initialism of Aston Martin.
- (music) Initialism of Arctic Monkeys.
- (education) Initialism of Artium Magister.
- (education) Initialism of Master of Arts. [A postgraduate degree usually in a non-science subject.]
- (UK politics, historical) Initialism of Assembly Member. (A title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.)
- (property law) Initialism of automated mapping. (Used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).)
- (communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation.; contrasted with FM [(radio) A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the intensity (amplitude) of a carrier wave.]
- (manufacturing) Initialism of additive manufacturing. [3D printing.]
adjective
- Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
- Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.
- (timekeeping) Initialism of Anno Mundi. (Latin for in the year of the world)
adverb
- Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”) [Before noon.]
- Alternative spelling of a.m. [Before noon.]
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Examples of "am" in Sentences
- Who knows; maybe I am *am* being unreasonable here.
- I think it is key to who I am and where I currently am . emotionally.
- I do want protection from someone mistreating me because I am what I am
- ‘I am not as good a man as my father was and my son is growing up worse than I am’.433
- I am new to your blog and after coming here once..am not able to stop coming again and again.
- I _am_ a research supervisor with the Bureau of Standards, and I am here for a definite purpose.
- I am not at all worried about the future of the planet, but I * am* worried about the future of the human race.
- Very best wishes am sure you did fine..am away on retreat with the Brigittines in Holywell & then Iver Heath..but I love MV!
- 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...
- 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.
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