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  • Sam
    Sam
    noun
    a male given name, form of Samuel.
  • SAM
    SAM
    noun
    surface-to-air missile.
  • Sam.
    Sam.
    abbreviation
    Samuel.
  • S.Am.
    S.Am.
    abbreviation
    South America(n)
  • sam
    sam
    verb
    to collect; gather up

Sam

1 American  
[sam] / sæm /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Samuel.

  2. a female given name, form of Samantha.

SAM 2 American  
[sam] / sæm /

noun

  1. surface-to-air missile.

  2. Space Available Mail: a special air service for sending parcels weighing up to 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) to overseas members of the armed forces: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment is charged.

SAM 3 American  

  1. shared-appreciation mortgage.

Sam. 4 American  

abbreviation

Bible.

  1. Samuel.

SAM 1 British  
/ sæm /

acronym

  1. surface-to-air missile

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S.Am. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. South America(n)

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Sam. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Samuel

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sam 4 British  
/ sæm /

verb

  1. dialect to collect; gather up

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Example Sentences

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The other, by author Peter S. Canellos, is “Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Brockman's testimony comes during the second week of a month-long trial between Musk and OpenAI's key founder and chief executive Sam Altman.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, who in 10 years has gone from being Musk's protege to a bitter rival, is not expected to take the stand until the week of May 11.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Series creator Sam Levinson, in Rue’s voice, describes this as Jules seizing upon a window of opportunity.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Sam sat there in the middle of the living room and thought about the wonderful things that the future held for him as a walking person.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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