em
Em is how the letter M is pronounced.
(noun)An example of em is how you'd say "M" when reciting the alphabet.
Em is defined as a casual or informal way of saying them.
(pronoun)An example of em is telling someone that you called your friends over; you called em over.
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See em in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the letter M
- Printing a unit of measure the width of a capital M in a type font
- electromagnetic
- engineer of mines
- enlisted man (or men)
pronoun
Informal them
Origin: taken as corruption of them, but also < ME hem, dat. pl. of 3d pers. pron. used as acc. & later replaced by them
en-: used before b, m, or p: emboss, empower
See em in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The letter m.
- Printing a. The width of a square or nearly square piece of type, used as a unit of measure for matter set in that size of type.b. Such a measure for 12-point type; a pica.
abbreviation
- electromagnetic
- Engineer of Mines
- enlisted man
prefix
Variant of en-1.
prefix
Variant of en-2.
pron.
Informal
Contraction of them.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English hem
Origin: , from Old English him, heom
Origin: , dative and accusative pl. of hē, he; see he 1
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