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COM-

Definition: COM-

COM-

1. A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: COM-

DomainDefinition

Computing

COM 1. Component Object Model. 2. Computer Output on Microfilm. (1999-06-12) com ("commercial") The top-level domain typically for American companies, although it sees heavy use for international companies and vanity domains of all types, whether in the US or not. (1999-01-26). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: COM-

English words defined with "COM-": Co-, Col-, Con-, Cor-. (references)
Etymologies containing "COM-": Combust, Commark, Commensurable, Commination, Commode, Commutual, Compass, Compaternity, Compeer, Compendium, Complacent, Compossible, Compotation, Compunction, CompurgationY-. (references)
Non-English Usage: "COM-" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (coeval, cognomen, collateral, combat, combine, commence, commensurate, common, companion, compass, concentrate, concern, condescend, confront, congenial, connotation, constellation, contrive, convey, copious, equal, together, with).

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Usage Frequency: COM-

"COM-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "COM-" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Anagrams: COM-

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: moc.

Words within the letters "c-m-o"

-1 letter: mo, om.

 Words containing the letters "c-m-o"
 

+1 letter: coma, comb, come, comp, corm, mock, mocs.

 

+2 letters: cameo, campo, carom, celom, chemo, chomp, clomb, clomp, comae, comal, comas, combe, combo, combs, comer, comes, comet, comfy, comic, comix, comma, commy, compo, comps, compt, comte, coomb, corms, cymol, domic, locum, macho, macon, macro, micro, mocha, mocks, mooch, mouch, mucor, mucro, ohmic, osmic, schmo, smock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COM-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4D 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001101 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#77 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004D 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37494715

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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