prom
/pɹɒm//pɹɑm/
prom noun: a promenade concert.
Noun (1)
prom (plural proms)
- A promenade concert.
- A promenade.
- A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
- Would you like to be my prom date?
- The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.
Verb
prom (third-person singular simple present proms, present participle promming, simple past and past participle prommed)
- To attend a prom.
- : If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school
: at the age of 15. Awesome. Probably took a cheerleader to the prom.
: Whatta stud.
Stud indeed. I'm glad to be married to a man of such talent and experience -- though so far as I know, his experiences do not include promming with...1993 December 13, Karen Lofstrom, “Announcement”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025 - > > my prom is in about 3 weeks, which isn't much in prom time. […]
but his boss treats him like shit, which really makes the money not worth it. regardless of promming or not promming, tom should really start looking for another job.1999 May 12, Aimee Lortskell, “-I-have no prom date!”, in rec.music.tori-amos (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
- : If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school
Noun (2) capitalized: PROM
PROM (plural PROMs)
- Acronym of programmable read-only memory, a chip that can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment (if at all); once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way).
- After you have blown the code into the PROMs, you can read it out, but you can't write to them anymore.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 277
- Initialism of prelabor rupture of membranes.
- Initialism of passive range of motion.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Prom
Prom (plural Proms)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Prom
Prom
- Alternative form of Prome (“the city of Pyay”).
prom meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
prom in Hindi
- प्रोम, प्रॉम
prom in Marathi
- प्रोम, प्रॉम, प्रोम करण्यासाठी
prom in Urdu
- پروم, پروم کرنا
prom in Bengali
- প্রোম, প্রম, প্রোম করতে
More languagesFewer languages
- prom in Telugu
- ప్రోమ్, ప్రొమ్, ప్రోమ్ చెయ్యడానికి
- prom in Malayalam
- പ്രോം
- prom in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೋಮ್, ಪ್ರೊಮ್
- prom in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਮ, ਪ੍ਰੋਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- prom in Gujarati
- પ્રોમ, પ્રોમ કરવા માટે, પ્રોમ કરવા
- prom in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋମ୍, ପ୍ରୋମ, ପ୍ରୋମ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- prom in Nepali
- प्रोम, प्रोम्, प्रोम गर्न
- prom in Arabic
- حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة
Examples of prom in a sentence
- Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes):
- However once I'd had the chance to actually start attending proms I realised the BBC were doing a decent job or letting you hear what it was like in the hall!2003 February 7, Jim Lesurf, “Whatever happened to graphic equalizers?”, in uk.rec.audio (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec...
Forms of prom
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | proms |
| plural | PROMs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | proms |
| present participle | promming |
| past participle | prommed |
| past | prommed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Proms |
Origin of prom
Clipping of promenade.
In all senses, by acronymy.
Words formed from prom
Phrases with prom
Words that rhyme with prom
Questions about prom
- What does prom mean?
- Prom means a promenade concert.
- What is prom in Hindi?
- Prom in Hindi is प्रोम, प्रॉम. See Prom meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use prom in a sentence?
- Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
- What part of speech is prom?
- Prom can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce prom?
- Prom is pronounced /pɹɑm/ (US).
- What is the plural of prom?
- The plural of prom is proms.
Words near prom in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prom (page history and authors); PROM (page history and authors); Prom (page history and authors); prom (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prom (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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