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um

or umm

[ uhm, uhn, uhm, uhn ]

interjection

  1. (used as an expression of doubt, hesitation, deliberation, interest, etc.)


um

1

/ ʌm; əm /

interjection

  1. a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

um

2

the internet domain name for

  1. US Minor Outlying Islands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

They said, “Um, can you do it lighter?” and I said, “Oh, comedy!”

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"This was the worst ever Eid for us," Um Ali Hamad, a displaced woman from Beit Lahia, told the BBC as she searched for food in Gaza City.

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“Well, you know, um, we’ve been, um,” the coach said before chuckling a bit more.

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Finally, not to be outdone with his members’ attacks on individual jurists, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson raised the possibility of defunding or eliminating U.S. federal district courts altogether, telling assembled reporters on Tuesday: “We do have authority over the federal courts, as you know. We can—we can eliminate an entire district court. We have power of funding over the courts, and all these other things. But, um, desperate times call for desperate measures, and Congress is going to act.”

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Um, I gotta go . . . do something.

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