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ums

ums is the plural of um.

ums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of um.

Meaning of um

Noun

um (plural ums)

  1. An occurrence of the interjection "um".
    • Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the...2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013

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Proper noun capitalized: UMS

UMS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of United Mexican States.

Noun capitalized: UMs

UMs

  1. (plural) plural of UM

Questions about ums

What is ums the plural of?
Ums is the plural of um.
What part of speech is ums?
Ums can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near ums in the dictionary

  1. umqombothi
  2. umra
  3. umrah
  4. umrahs
  5. umras
  6. ums
  7. UMSL
  8. Umstead
  9. Umsteads
  10. umstrid
  11. umstroke

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ums (page history and authors); UMS (page history and authors); UMs (page history and authors); um (page history and authors). 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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