tam

IPA: tˈæm

noun

  • Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
  • Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  • Abbreviation of Tamaulipas, a state of Mexico. [A state of Mexico.]
  • (uncountable, linguistics) Initialism of tense, aspect, mood. [(grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.]
  • (business) Initialism of total addressable/available market.
  • (computing, sociology) Initialism of technology acceptance model.
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Examples of "tam" in Sentences

  • He is a man described as tam v'yasher -- that is, wholesome and righteous.
  • Apparently, the word tam in reference to Jacob aims to describe the very opposite traits.
  • Note 152: Cotton manuscript, Wolter, no. 10, p. 48: "cunctas optinet stupor in tam horribili facto." back
  • (Qui tam is short for the Latin phrase qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur or "he who brings the action for the king as well as for himself".
  • Qui tam is short for qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, which means he “who pursues this action on our Lord the King’s behalf as well as his own.”
  • As the small buses she called tam-tams climbed the mountain road, she saw a cloud of dust blown up and across in the dry riverbed valley below and thought it was a dust storm.
  • Qui tam is short for the Latin phrase "qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur", which means, "he who brings a case on behalf of our lord the King, as well as for himself."
  • Et sic vere illa parva gens illis magnis innocentibus, qui pro Christo occisi sunt, comparari creditur; quia et ipsa in tam tenera etate labores inmensos et mortem famis, que crudelior est gladio, subire meruit.

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