RM
RM
1 American
rm.
2
American
abbreviation
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rms
plural
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ream.
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room.
r.m.
3
American
abbreviation
RM
1
British
abbreviation
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Royal Mail
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Royal Marines
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(in Canada) Rural Municipality
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Madagascar (international car registration)
rm
2
British
abbreviation
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ream
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room
Etymology
Origin of RM
(sense 4) From R(epublic of) M(adagascar)
Example Sentences
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“Now is the time to sing this big song,” RM said somewhat dutifully on Tuesday before the group did “Butter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
She loved the music, but she also loved the seven members – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jimin and Jungkook – whom she says she found "very genuine".
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
"More than anything, having all seven of us together is what matters most," added RM.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Suga says the agency wants Arirang "to be in your face", while RM says he has a "physical reaction" to linking the band to such a monumental song.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Of the naval brigade, Lieutenant Hay, RN, was wounded in the hand, and Lieutenant Stirling, RM, severely in the leg.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston
She would cut out the moth-balls, even at the expense of having her clothes ruined, if the r.m. would swear off on musk and the like.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
So she filled all the drawers and wardrobes with those nasty camphor moth-balls, which the r.m. couldn't endure, and when she protested, Margaret offered a compromise.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
Me with my Puritan conscience and big bump of order, and my r.m. calmly embroidering this Sabbath afternoon!
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
“I wanted a little bit lower trajectory, and especially with these courses being really fi rm, less loft was better to get the ball running,” she says.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 8, 2020
Among them is Rick Moonen, former chef of New York City's Oceana, who recently opened a new seafood restaurant called rm.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the Denver Post: "New Ig Iv rm, frpl, 2 bdrm, Ig kt, exp attic cel gar."
From Time Magazine Archive
"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
This is a feature of rm, not a fact of permissions.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen
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