am

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/əm/UK/æm/UK[æm] ~ [am]British, Southern, Standard, Wales/am/

noun

Member of the Order of Australia.

Very commonScrabble 4

Meanings

am1

verb
  1. first personindicativepresentsingularfirst-person singular present indicative of be

    Marsha, I am in the kitchen!

    2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    1 more example

    He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:23
contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractiondialectalinformalContraction of I + am.

am2

adverbam (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of a.m..

    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.

    2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183

AM3

proper noun

alternative A.M. · alternative A. M. · alternative A M

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Amazonas: a state of Brazil.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Aston Martin.
  3. abbreviationinitialismentertainmentInitialism of Arctic Monkeys.
adverbAM (not comparable)

alternative A.M. · alternative A. M. · alternative A M

  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of anno mundi
adverbAM (not comparable)

alternative A.M. · alternative A. M. · alternative A M

  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of a.m. (“before noon”).
nounAM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)

plural AMs · alternative A.M. · alternative A. M. · alternative A M

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of Master of Arts.
  2. UKabbreviationcountablehistoricalinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelawInitialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).
  4. countableuncountableMember of the Order of Australia.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.

    That station is available on both AM and FM.

    1 more example

    They were listening to AM and complaining about the static.

  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of additive manufacturing.

    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.

    2015 September, Steven E. Kuehn, “I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am”, in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Putnam Media, page 7

Am4

adjective
  1. Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
  2. Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna master's degree in arts and sciences

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Master of ArtsMAArtium Magister

nounmodulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave

Broader

nounthe period between midnight and noon

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adverbbefore 12 noon

nouna radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

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americiumatomic number 95
Broader
metallic elementmetal

nounthe period between midnight and noon

Similar

adverbbefore 12 noon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésmi
  3. Proto-Germanic*immi
  4. Proto-West Germanic*im
  5. Old Englisheom
  6. Middle Englisham
  7. Englisham

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”).

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Translations

Spanish AM
  • AMbefore noon

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with am

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Cite this entry
APA

am. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am

MLA

“am.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “am,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/am.

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