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cum

1

[ koom, kuhm ]

preposition

  1. with; combined with; along with (usually used in combination):

    My garage-cum-workshop is well equipped.



cum

2

[ kuhm ]

noun

, Slang: Vulgar.

cum.

3

abbreviation for

  1. cumulative.

cum

1

/ kʌm /

noun

  1. taboo.
    a variant spelling of come
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verb

  1. a variant spelling of come
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cum

2

/ kʌm /

preposition

  1. used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature

    a kitchen-cum-dining room

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of cum1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin: “with, together with” (preposition); com- ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cum1

Latin: with, together with, along with
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Example Sentences

Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.

She graduated from her undergraduate program magna cum laude.

The art studio-cum-propaganda factory is taking international orders.

After discovering a trove of unknown photographs at an auction, John Maloof set about exposing the nanny-cum-artist who took them.

And at the center of it all: a striking blond cheerleader-cum-schoolteacher.

Baptismum accipiebant velut sacrum aliquod signum similitudinis & confœderationis cum Gallis.

Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.

In hoc Isthmo portus regalis est, vbi nunc degimus, ad gradum latitudinis quadragesimum quartum cum besse.

Reliqui quatuor in firmam iam videntur cum ijs amicitiam & csuetudinem coaluisse.

Mortuorum ita cum corpore sepeliunt memoriam, vt ne nomen quidem deinceps audire sustineant.

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