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um Definition

um (um, un)

uh (sense )

um Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: See, um... Daddy has some things that he has to do-- very, very important things.
  • do: I don't know where the money came from; well I do actually, um, stolen goods.
  • have: We had a little, um, explaining to do.. .
  • go: Here goes, um, I suppose I am very laid back nothing really phases me.
  • use: Type ums help for help on how to use UM.
  • think: I think, um, Morris dancing, because you do it outside, don't you?

Adjective modifier

  • er: The 2nd counts 10 and every year thereafter counts 3. So that makes me... er er um um 49.
  • good: Ah good, um and if they have children will they be human, not a litter.

Modifies a noun

  • mesh: Macroinvertebrates Macroinvertebrates should be sampled in April each year, using a standard hand net of 300 um mesh size.
  • ..: Re: Movie quote thread um office space...
  • halb: Und ich bin jeden Tag um halb zwei fertig.
  • scheme: The existing UM aerosol scheme assumes each of the aerosol components to be externally mixed ( particles consist of only one component ).
  • noch: Es war leider schon zu spät, um noch zu schwimmen.

Modifying Another Word

  • well: Well um, it was an outfit sent to me from a relative in Vulcan.
  • so: Cruz: He's doin ' really well so um, you helped him out with the pay-per-view.

Noun used with modifier

  • er: The 2nd counts 10 and every year thereafter counts 3. So that makes me... er er um um 49.
  • un: I wouldn ' give a dern for a million un um.
  • pm: Christie Says: June 1st, 2006 at 11:05 pm um, I didn't necessarily mean Blair.
  • could...: Perhaps Constable Angua could... um, employ her special talents in the direction of this note?
  • : To procure insertion of the enclosed in the Athen æ um.