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"English verbs",
"en:Navigation"
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"word": "DM"
},
{
"word": "PM"
}
],
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"form": "IMs",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "IMed",
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{
"extra": "verb",
"word": "instant message"
}
],
"categories": [
"English initialisms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "IM me when you get home.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Rocki St. Claire, Hit Reply, New York, NY: Pocket Books, page 160",
"text": "You won't pick up, you won't IM, you won't return my six (seven?) phone calls. So I'm resorting to email for this. First of all, don't get mad at Julie. She did the right thing. But, sweetie, why are you hiding this from the people who love you?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Jeanne C. Meister, Karie Willyerd, The 2020 Workplace […], Harper Collins",
"text": "“WDYT,” she IM'd Sophie, wondering what her new friend thought of the idea. Sophie, sitting next to her, quickly IM'd back “G4I” to show her support.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Initialism of instant message (verb)."
],
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"instant message",
"instant message#English"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"initialism"
]
}
],
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}
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"word": "intramuscular"
}
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{
"text": "Alternative forms: im, I.M., i.m."
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"(medicine) Initialism of intramuscular."
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"word": "intramedullary"
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"Initialism of intramedullary."
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