Definition of um
—used to indicate hesitation
- well, um, I don't know
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UM announced Friday evening that Gordinier injured his right knee and will undergo surgery next week at the UHealth Sports Medicine Institute at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center.
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Um, see you in theaters, because that has the makings of cinematic genius.
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Cambodian jewelers: In the Aug. 7 Section A, an article about the history behind jewelry businesses in the Cambodian American community misidentified Khatharya Um as a professor of sociology at UC Berkeley.
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Gabriel averaged an obscene 11.8 yards per target last season and scored touchdowns on 17.1% of his catches, making him an obvious candidate for regress– …um, for worse numbers than last year.
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UM opens the season Sept. 2 at home against Bethune-Cookman.
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Despite, um, everything, maybe American users actually got a little happier this year.
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We’ve written before about Camila Giorgi’s um (to the euphemism-mobile!) idiosyncratic team.
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Um, possible to still get a ticket to the Governor's Ball?
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First Known Use of um
1672
UM Defined for English Language Learners
um
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interjection
Definition of um for English Language Learners
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—used when you hesitate because you are not sure about what to say
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