am

noun, verb, adj — 9 senses

AM

nounalso spelled AM, Am
1

Education Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Master of Arts.

2

Government, Politics UK, Abbreviation, Historical, Initialism Initialism of Assembly Member, a title similar to MP, placed after the name of a Member of the Welsh National Assembly.

3

Law, Property Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of automated mapping, used in conjunction with Facilities Managements abbreviations (AM/FM).

4

Member of the Order of Australia.

5

Broadcasting, Communication, Communications, Media Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of amplitude modulation; radio programming broadcasted in this form.

  • That station is available on both AM and FM.
  • They were listening to AM and complaining about the static.
6

Business, Manufacturing Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism 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:
Derived terms
AM pop

am

verb

/əm/ · /æm/

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 (“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”).

1

First person, Indicative, Present first-person singular present indicative of be

  • 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:
  • Marsha, I am in the kitchen!2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Derived terms
amirite, cham
Related terms
amn't, are, aren't, art, be, been, beest, being, is, was, wast, were, wert

Am

adj
1

Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.

2

Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.

Related terms
Pro-Am, Trans-Am

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