com

¹ American  

[kom, see-oh-em] / kɒm, ˈsiˈoʊˈɛm /

1. (on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used for commercial establishments.

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COM ² American  

[kom] / kɒm /

noun

1. Trademark.  Comedy Central: a cable television channel.

2. computer output on microfilm.

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com- ³ American  

1. a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit ): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.

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com. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. comedy.

2. comma.

3. command.

4. commander.

5. commerce.

6. commercial.

7. commission.

8. commissioner.

9. committee.

10. common.

11. commonly.

12. communications.

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Com. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Commander.

2. Commission.

3. Commissioner.

4. Committee.

5. Commodore.

6. Commonwealth.

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com- ¹ British  

prefix

1. together; with; jointly

   commingle

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COM ² British  

/ kɒm /

noun

1. 1. a process in which a computer output is converted direct to microfiche or film, esp 35 or 16 millimetre film

   2. ( as modifier )

      a COM machine

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Com. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Commander

2. committee

3. Commodore

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com ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. a commercial company

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.com Cultural  

1. Part of the Internet address of many companies and organizations. It indicates that the site is commercial, as opposed to educational or governmental.

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The phrase dot-com is used to refer generically to almost anything connected to business on the Internet.

The explosive growth of wealth connected to the Internet in the 1990s is often said to have created many “dot-com millionaires.”

Etymology

Origin of com¹

First recorded in 1980–85; shortening of commercial ( def. ) or company ( def. )

Origin of com-¹

< Latin, variant of preposition cum with

Example Sentences

Upon completion of the proposed spin off, JD.Com will continue to indirectly hold more than 50% of the shares in JD Industrials which will remain as a subsidiary of the company.

From Reuters

U.S. listed shares of JD.Com rose more than 5% in premarket trading.

From Reuters

Just when I didn’t think anyone could cram more allium onto a dish than the folks behind the garlic fries at the Mariners’ T-Mobile Park, along come the owners of The Boat restaurant with their chicken rice dish, com ga mam toi.

From Seattle Times

In Vietnam, com ga mam toi, or garlicky chicken rice, is often considered a working person’s meal.

From Seattle Times

The account “is regularly engaging with content coming from Russian state media such as RT International @RT_com or editor in chief Margarita Simonyan @m_simonyan. It is also sharing videos from Russian media or other pro-Russian channels with content deriding the E.U., NATO, Ukraine, the West as a whole and clearly supporting Russia’s actions in the war,” Reset wrote.

From Washington Post