com

¹

[ kom, see-oh-em ]

1. (on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used for commercial establishments.

COM

²

[ kom ]

noun

1. Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
2. computer output on microfilm.

com-

³

1. a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin ( commit ): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.

com.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. comedy.
2. comma.
3. command.
4. commander.
5. commerce.
6. commercial.
7. commission.
8. commissioner.
9. committee.
10. common.
11. commonly.
12. communications.

Com.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Commander.
2. Commission.
3. Commissioner.
4. Committee.
5. Commodore.
6. Commonwealth.

com-

¹

prefix

1. together; with; jointly

   commingle

COM

²

/ kɒm /

noun

1. 1. a process in which a computer output is converted direct to microfiche or film, esp 35 or 16 millimetre film
   2. ( as modifier )

      a COM machine

Com.

³

abbreviation for

1. Commander
2. committee
3. Commodore

com

⁴

the internet domain name for

1. a commercial company

.com

1. Part of the Internet address of many companies and organizations. It indicates that the site is commercial, as opposed to educational or governmental.

Notes

The phrase dot-com is used to refer generically to almost anything connected to business on the Internet .

The explosive growth of wealth connected to the Internet in the 1990s is often said to have created many “dot-com millionaires.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of com¹

First recorded in 1980–85; shortening of commercial ( def ) or company ( def )

Origin of com²

< Latin, variant of preposition cum with

Word History and Origins

Origin of com¹

from Latin com-; related to cum with. In compound words of Latin origin, com- becomes col- and cor- before l and r, co- before gn, h, and most vowels, and con- before consonants other than b, p, and m. Although its sense in compounds of Latin derivation is often obscured, it means: together, with, etc ( combine, compile ) ; similar ( conform ); extremely, completely ( consecrate )

Origin of com²

( C ) omputer ( O ) utput on ( M ) icrofilm

Example Sentences

We are left with stalwart genres (action, rom com) and classic roles (prude, seductress, jock, backstory-less best friend).

From The Daily Beast

Or to follow up a raunch-com like The Sweetest Thing with a role in a Martin Scorsese epic (The Gangs of New York).

From The Daily Beast

You to go flightradar24.com and watch as tens of thousands of planes uneventfully make their way to their destinations.

From The Daily Beast

Then after 9/11 and the Dot Com Crash, the money for a lot of the tech consulting she was doing in New York City dried up.

From The Daily Beast

Please go to BobQ2014.com for details and all that attorney mumbo-jumbo.

From The Daily Beast

We may also notice that com'th is a monosyllable , whereas trewely has three syllables, though in l. 35 it makes but two.

From Project Gutenberg

The com-tech was answering the question Raf had almost forgotten that he had asked the moment before.

From Project Gutenberg

Raf's eyes met Soriki's, and the com-tech's hand dropped to hook fingers in his belt within touching distance of his side arm.

From Project Gutenberg

In his ear buzzed the comforting hum of the com, tying him with the flitter and so, in a manner, to safety.

From Project Gutenberg

And having fixed Soriki's face, he tried to believe that he was now confronting the com-tech, speaking directly to him.

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