cum

[ koom, kuhm ]

/ kʊm, kʌm /

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preposition

with; combined with; along with (usually used in combination): My garage-cum-workshop is well equipped.

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Origin of cum

1580–90; <Latin: with, together with (preposition)

Words nearby cum

culver hole, culverin, Culver's root, culvert, Culzean Castle, cum, cumacean, Cumae, Cumaná, cumber, Cumberland

Other definitions for cum (2 of 3)

cum²

[ kuhm ]

/ kʌm /

noun Slang: Vulgar.

come (def. 24).

Other definitions for cum (3 of 3)

cum.

abbreviation

cumulative.

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How to use cum in a sentence

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.
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She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.
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The art studio-cum-propaganda factory is taking international orders.
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After discovering a trove of unknown photographs at an auction, John Maloof set about exposing the nanny-cum-artist who took them.
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And at the center of it all: a striking blond cheerleader-cum-schoolteacher.
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Baptismum accipiebant velut sacrum aliquod signum similitudinis & confœderationis cum Gallis.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
In hoc Isthmo portus regalis est, vbi nunc degimus, ad gradum latitudinis quadragesimum quartum cum besse.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Reliqui quatuor in firmam iam videntur cum ijs amicitiam & csuetudinem coaluisse.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Mortuorum ita cum corpore sepeliunt memoriam, vt ne nomen quidem deinceps audire sustineant.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cum (1 of 2)

cum²

/ (kʌm) /

preposition

used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined naturea kitchen-cum-dining room

Word Origin for cum

Latin: with, together with, along with

British Dictionary definitions for cum (2 of 2)

cum²

/ (kʌm) taboo, slang /

noun

a variant spelling of come (noun) taboo

verb

a variant spelling of come (def. 16)

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