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Definition of mam in English: mamnoun mammæm informal 1British dialect One's mother. 〈主英〉妈妈 my mam would have had a fit if I'd gone out dressed like that as name I had to look after the other children while Mam worked Example sentencesExamples - But mam, I can't stay in the same room as them!
- Going to the Olympia theatre in Dublin with mam and dad was the best.
- What do people do now if both Mam and Dad have to work nights?
- The hardest task was to go to mam in her eighties and break the news.
- I managed to say goodbye to mam and my siblings by making myself think of something else as we hugged, but my dad, to whom I was closest, locked himself in the bathroom.
- I remember once, many years ago, trying to get off school by telling my dear old mam that I had a terrible ear-ache.
2US A term of respectful or polite address used for any woman. 〈主美〉夫人，女士 ‘You all ride them horses down here?’ ‘Yes, mam.’ “你们都是骑马过来的吧？” “是的，夫人。” Example sentencesExamples - One minute you're there, mam and dad and family around you, you're poor and you've got holes in your shoes, but you're a normal person.
- We are currently 18 hours away from their current position, mam.
- It would mean a lot to me mam.
- Yes, mam, would you like to view the owner's box when you come?
- I'm sorry mam, but there were no phone calls taken for you.
- OK, mam, I think the only person that can help you right now is your janitor, so try to reach him as fast as you can, OK?
- I'm not going to stop just because Mam has a bed now.
- I know that mam.
- Yes mam, they should be ready within 15 minutes.
- ‘Yes, mam,’ the assistant replied, quickly scurrying away.
- ‘No mam, we don't go giving out the addresses of our stars.’
- Birthday wishes come to them both from Paul and Statia, Dad and Mam and grandparents.
- I'm sorry mam, but pizza is all I'm able to afford at the moment.
- OK mam, let's go ahead and shut it down, then we'll power it back up‘.
- ‘I'm sorry mam,’ said a little girl of about nine.
- ‘Yes mam,’ Terence said.
- Excuse me, mam, but do you have any room for two soaked people?
- ‘Yes mam,’ said the main gunner.
- ‘Yes mam,’ she confirmed, smiling, making an effort to make a first good impression.
- No mam, I swear I'm who I claim to be… but I have to go.
OriginMid 16th century (in mam (sense 1)): perhaps imitative of a child's first syllables (see mama); mam (sense 2) is a variant of ma'am. Rhymesam, Amsterdam, Assam, Bram, cam, cham, cheongsam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, exam, femme, flam, gam, glam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, mesdames, Omar Khayyám, Pam, pram, pro-am, ram, Sam, scam, scram, sham, Siam, slam, Spam, swam, tam, tram, Vietnam, wham, yam Definition of mam in US English: mamnounmæmmam informal 1British dialect One's mother. 〈主英〉妈妈 my mam would have had a fit if I'd gone out dressed like that as name I had to look after the other children while Mam worked Example sentencesExamples - I managed to say goodbye to mam and my siblings by making myself think of something else as we hugged, but my dad, to whom I was closest, locked himself in the bathroom.
- The hardest task was to go to mam in her eighties and break the news.
- Going to the Olympia theatre in Dublin with mam and dad was the best.
- But mam, I can't stay in the same room as them!
- I remember once, many years ago, trying to get off school by telling my dear old mam that I had a terrible ear-ache.
- What do people do now if both Mam and Dad have to work nights?
2US A term of respectful or polite address used for any woman. 〈主美〉夫人，女士 “You all ride them horses down here?” “Yes, mam.” “你们都是骑马过来的吧？” “是的，夫人。” Example sentencesExamples - I'm sorry mam, but pizza is all I'm able to afford at the moment.
- I'm not going to stop just because Mam has a bed now.
- Birthday wishes come to them both from Paul and Statia, Dad and Mam and grandparents.
- Yes, mam, would you like to view the owner's box when you come?
- I know that mam.
- ‘Yes mam,’ Terence said.
- It would mean a lot to me mam.
- ‘No mam, we don't go giving out the addresses of our stars.’
- Yes mam, they should be ready within 15 minutes.
- OK mam, let's go ahead and shut it down, then we'll power it back up‘.
- No mam, I swear I'm who I claim to be… but I have to go.
- Excuse me, mam, but do you have any room for two soaked people?
- One minute you're there, mam and dad and family around you, you're poor and you've got holes in your shoes, but you're a normal person.
- I'm sorry mam, but there were no phone calls taken for you.
- ‘Yes mam,’ said the main gunner.
- ‘Yes mam,’ she confirmed, smiling, making an effort to make a first good impression.
- OK, mam, I think the only person that can help you right now is your janitor, so try to reach him as fast as you can, OK?
- We are currently 18 hours away from their current position, mam.
- ‘I'm sorry mam,’ said a little girl of about nine.
- ‘Yes, mam,’ the assistant replied, quickly scurrying away.
OriginMid 16th century (in mam (sense 1)): perhaps imitative of a child's first syllables (see mama); mam (sense 2) is a variant of ma'am. |