COM

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
COM  (kom),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Comedy Central (a cable television channel).
  2. Computingcomputer output on microfilm.

com-, 
  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.
Also, co-, col-, con-, cor-. 
  • Latin, variant of preposition cum with

Com., 
    1. MilitaryCommander.
    2. Commission.
    3. Commissioner.
    4. Committee.
    5. MilitaryCommodore.
    6. Commonwealth.

com., 
    1. comedy.
    2. comma.
    3. command.
    4. commander.
    5. commerce.
    6. commercial.
    7. commission.
    8. commissioner.
    9. committee.
    10. common.
    11. commonly.
    12. communications.

COM, 
    1. Radio and TelevisionComedy Central (a cable television channel).

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
COM / kɒm/
  1. a process in which a computer output is converted direct to microfiche or film, esp 35 or 16 millimetre film
Etymology: C(omputer) O(utput on) M(icrofilm)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
com-, prefix. 
    1. com- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "with, together with.'' This meaning is found in such words as: combine, commute, compare. For variants before other sounds, see co-, col-1, con-, cor-.

Com.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. MilitaryCommander.
  2. Commission.
  3. Commissioner.
  4. Committee.
  5. MilitaryCommodore.

com.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. comedy.
  2. commander.
  3. commerce.
  4. commercial.
  5. committee.
  6. common.
  7. commonly.
  8. communications.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
com
  1. a commercial company
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Com.
  1. Commander
  2. committee
  3. Commodore
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
com-, con-
  1. together; with; jointly: commingle
Etymology: from Latin com-; related to cum with. In compound words of Latin origin, com- becomes col- and cor- before l and r, co- before gn, h, and most vowels, and con- before consonants other than b, p, and m. Although its sense in compounds of Latin derivation is often obscured, it means: together, with, etc (combine, compile); similar (conform); extremely, completely (consecrate)
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