Sm
samarium.
Sm
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
SM
2
American
sm.
3
American
abbreviation
S.M.
4
American
abbreviation
S.M.
5
American
abbreviation
-
sergeant major.
-
State Militia.
SM
1
British
abbreviation
-
sergeant major
-
sadomasochism
Sm
2
British
symbol
sm
3
British
abbreviation
Usage
What else does SM mean? While SM can refer to many things, three prominent meanings are sadomasochism, the South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment, and the internet slang so much. How is SM pronounced?[ es-em ]
Etymology
Origin of S.M.
From New Latin Scientiae Magister
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Protesters blasted a mix of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker, including “Por mi Mexico” by Lefty Sm & Santa Fe Klan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
Differs from C. fusipes in rugulose pileus, and in growing singly. mimica, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. campan. exp. obtuse, with shining straw-coloured hair-like squamules; g. free, distant, white then rusty; s. solid, base thickened, glabrous. cruentata, Cke. and Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. lateral, fleshy, convex, pale yellowish ochre, edge irreg. flesh white then violet; g. slightly decur. narrowed at both ends, pallid, spotted violet; s. lateral, stout, colour of p. minimus, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. pallid white, oblique, subumbil. almost glabrous; g. crowded, distinct, almost simple, edge slightly canaliculate; s. solid, subundulate, naked. caliginosa, W. G. Sm.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
However, for a few of the weapons—the Patriots, THAADs, and SM missiles, which are adept at shooting down short-to-medium-range ballistic missiles—there are no good substitutes.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
They lower their 2025-2027 EPS estimates for SM by 5%-11%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"With films about these scandals, people are given a space to peek into someone else's household problems," SM Gietty Tambunan, a member of the Jakarta Arts Council Film Committee, tells BBC Indonesian.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Do you remember any standout piece of advice or guidance anyone at SM Entertainment gave you as you were coming into the industry?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
In these two pencils SA coincides with its corresponding ray SA', SB with its corresponding ray SB', and SM with its corresponding ray SM'.
From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman
II, pain, grieve, regret, 16 note, 78. riuwic, aj. sorrowful, repentant. rivier, sm. brook, stream. rocke, rogge, wm. rye, 31.1.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
Oxford, 1894, 1 vol.; sm. 8vo; pp. x.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
To change a word from small letters to small capitals, make two lines under the word, and write sm. caps. opposite.
From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul
See wāpen. wage, wf. cradle. wāge, sf. balance, scale. wagen, sm. wagon, 49. wahsen, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
VII, split, 87. spān, sm. chip, shaving; notched stick, tally; degree of relationship. spanen, sv.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph
S.M., a 17-year-old transgender classmate who also requested to go by initials, agreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025
“We haven’t seen such a widespread flood in Sylhet for around two decades,” S.M.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2022
“We understand that we must protect lives. But we must not forget about the livelihoods of millions of workers in the industry,” said S.M.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
“His father didn’t do much,” recalled the school’s vice principal, S.M.
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2019
So a party of muscular volunteers escorted the S.M. to his dug-out.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Spice, born Isis Naija Gaston, quote tweeted in response, saying, “sweetest person ever thank u sm i love yuuuu,” punctuated with a heart-eye emoji, purple heart emoji and heart-hands emoji.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
Good Raymond emerged from the wreckage slowly, like a man struggling from a sm ashed car.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2013
Autumn good 606 Mead's Keeper Winter Mear's Seedling sm.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
E. Sum. v. good 616 Summer Russet sm.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
The sounds preceding the i are similar but not identical, represented by sm in the first case and st in the second.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
