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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DWAM

Old English dwolma confusion.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DWAM

dwam  [dwɑːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DWAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dwam is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dwam in English.

WHAT DOES DWAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dwam in the English dictionary

The definition of dwam in the dictionary is a stupor or daydream. Other definition of dwam is to faint or fall ill.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DWAM

PRESENT

Present
I dwam
you dwam
he/she/it dwams
we dwam
you dwam
they dwam
Present continuous
I am dwaming
you are dwaming
he/she/it is dwaming
we are dwaming
you are dwaming
they are dwaming
Present perfect
I have dwamed
you have dwamed
he/she/it has dwamed
we have dwamed
you have dwamed
they have dwamed
Present perfect continuous
I have been dwaming
you have been dwaming
he/she/it has been dwaming
we have been dwaming
you have been dwaming
they have been dwaming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dwamed
you dwamed
he/she/it dwamed
we dwamed
you dwamed
they dwamed
Past continuous
I was dwaming
you were dwaming
he/she/it was dwaming
we were dwaming
you were dwaming
they were dwaming
Past perfect
I had dwamed
you had dwamed
he/she/it had dwamed
we had dwamed
you had dwamed
they had dwamed
Past perfect continuous
I had been dwaming
you had been dwaming
he/she/it had been dwaming
we had been dwaming
you had been dwaming
they had been dwaming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dwam
you will dwam
he/she/it will dwam
we will dwam
you will dwam
they will dwam
Future continuous
I will be dwaming
you will be dwaming
he/she/it will be dwaming
we will be dwaming
you will be dwaming
they will be dwaming
Future perfect
I will have dwamed
you will have dwamed
he/she/it will have dwamed
we will have dwamed
you will have dwamed
they will have dwamed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dwaming
you will have been dwaming
he/she/it will have been dwaming
we will have been dwaming
you will have been dwaming
they will have been dwaming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dwam
you would dwam
he/she/it would dwam
we would dwam
you would dwam
they would dwam
Conditional continuous
I would be dwaming
you would be dwaming
he/she/it would be dwaming
we would be dwaming
you would be dwaming
they would be dwaming
Conditional perfect
I would have dwam
you would have dwam
he/she/it would have dwam
we would have dwam
you would have dwam
they would have dwam
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dwaming
you would have been dwaming
he/she/it would have been dwaming
we would have been dwaming
you would have been dwaming
they would have been dwaming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dwam
we let´s dwam
you dwam
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dwam
Past participle
dwamed
Present Participle
dwaming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DWAM


alarm
əˈlɑːm
arm
ɑːm
balm
bɑːm
calm
kɑːm
charm
tʃɑːm
dwalm
dwɑːm
farm
fɑːm
firearm
ˈfaɪərˌɑːm
forearm
ˈfɔːrˌɑːm
Guam
ɡwɑːm
hammam
hʌmˈɑːm
haram
ˈhɑːˌrɑːm
harm
hɑːm
imam
ɪˈmɑːm
Islam
ˈɪzlɑːm
palm
pɑːm
psalm
sɑːm
qualm
kwɑːm
salaam
səˈlɑːm
Thiruvananthapuram
ˌθɪruːvəˈnæntæˌpuːrɑːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DWAM

dwaal
dwale
dwalm
dwang
dwarf
dwarf bean
dwarf chestnut
dwarf cornel
dwarf male
dwarf mallow
dwarf planet
dwarf star
dwarfish
dwarfishly
dwarfishness
dwarfism
dwarflike
dwarfness
dwarves
dwaum

WORDS THAT END LIKE DWAM

Adam
am
Amsterdam
cam
cream
dam
dream
jam
Nam
on the beam
program
ram
sam
spam
steam
stream
swam
tam
team
wigwam

Synonyms and antonyms of dwam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dwam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DWAM

Find out the translation of dwam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dwam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dwam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dwam
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

DWAM
570 millions of speakers

English

dwam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dwam
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

dwam
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dwam
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

DWAM
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dwam
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dwam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dwam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

DWAM
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

DWAM
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dwam
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dwam
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dwam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dwam
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दादासाहेब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dwam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dwam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dwam
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dwam
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dwam
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

DWAM
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dwam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dwam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dwam

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DWAM»

The term «dwam» is normally little used and occupies the 109.763 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DWAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dwam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DWAM»

Discover the use of dwam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dwam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Contemporary Ergonomics 1998
When the driving environment becomes more predictable less feedback is required and it is such predictability which induces DWAM. For instance train drivers may experience false expectations of signal aspects which could restrict their ...
Margaret Hanson, 2003
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A Grammar of Wambule: Grammar, Lexicon, Texts, and Cultural ...
Nep. ^TR^T ghoral. Lit. 22S1W1 dvdkso. dwakso-klodjo [Warn, dukso 'goat antelope Nemorhaedus goraV] n cmp Adam's apple. Nep. ^t^cTi rudraghantl. dwamcam1 vm-c <dwam> a to fill oneself, b to be or get filled. Nep. □^rfV^T bharinu. Lit.
Jean Robert Opgenort, 2004
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
2. adj. Ofa sickly. jaundiced appearance; also usedfig. Lakel. A chap said he'd a nasty dwallow tiast in his mooth, siam as if he'd bin eaten rotten eggs. [burr/1 Obs . (Dec. 28, 1897 . Wm, He lcuks dwallow at t'feeace (B,K.). DWAM, sb. and 1'.
Joseph Wright
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The Last Caravan and Other Short Stories
He could hear his heartbeat—dwam-dwam-dwam. You might end up losing your life if you stay a little longer here, he moaned. “Gentlemen, just wait here. I am going to collect the money there and then I will come back for you shortly. All eyes ...
Bello Dankano, 2006
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The Adventures of David Balfour (Fully Illustrated):
Iwhiles fa' into a bit dwam like this,”he says; “it'sfraethe stamach.” Weel,they began to crackabout the Bass,and whichof themtwa wasto get the warding o't, andby littleand littlecamto very ill words, and twined in anger. Imind weel, that asmy ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
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Catriona (Illustrated):
Iwhiles fa' into a bit dwam like this,”he says; “it'sfraethe stamach.” Weel,they began to crackabout the Bass,and whichof themtwa wasto get the warding o't, andby littleand littlecamto very ill words, and twined in anger. Imind weel, that asmy ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
7
A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture and Literature
dwam,. dwm,. dawm. Here we have chosen to normalize m}id as /ma}di/ since the syllable-closing aleph }i is written. This alerts the reader to the fact that the symbol, or grapheme, }i may indicate either aleph + i vowel (}i)orasyllable- closing ...
William M. Schniedewind, Joel H. Hunt, 2007
8
Billboard
Billboard. Pop LP Spotlights are those albums with sufficient sales potential, in the opinion of Billboard's Review Panel, to achieve a listing on Billboard's Top LP's charts. Spotlight winners in 'other categories are selected on the basis of their ...
9
Festschrift in honor of Jack Minker
We also used [1] extensively while designing the DWAM. In the case of the WAM, the variables are classified as either permanent or temporary. In the implementation, due to the nature of the currently implemented procedure for handling ...
Jorge Lobo, Arcot Rajasekar, 1995
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Mind's Journey
Dwam Dwam ofsound andjet ofsmoke soared up high, Before of it, dazzled light casualties there're. From space fighter, appeared again, Being ready for, next task of mission. Again life began to shade with loaded gun. Humorous All want to  ...
Deepak Chalise, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DWAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dwam is used in the context of the following news items.
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Letter of Recommendation: The Oxford English Dictionary
Dwam, same as dwalm. ''That causit hir to dwam.'' I love that one. Dwang, ''timber used in strutting a floor.'' Too bad; I had so hoped it was a ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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18 Scots words selected for 18 days of 'Butterfly Rammy' at the fringe …
The 18 Scots words selected are: Dwam, Drooth, Dour, Gabbin, Taps Aff, Hoachin, Ken, Rammy, Bide, Scunnered, Coorie, Beelin, Wheesht, ... «CommonSpace, Jun 15»
3
Building A Currency-Hedging Framework Using ETFs
This joint effort with Abby Woodham, ETF strategist at DWAM, posed that investors with foreign stock exposure had become accustomed to a ... «Benzinga, Apr 15»
4
Out Of Our Dwam: An Interview With Momus
Herr F is Momus' latest novel, and has been released solely online as a free ebook through experimental arts publisher Fiktion, and there is ... «The Quietus, Mar 15»
5
Our habitat: dwelling
... though the verb dwalm ~ dwam “to swoon” still exists in Scots and in northern English dialects (see the brief discussion of dwalm in the recent ... «OUPblog, Jan 15»
6
The Hot 100 2014: The Year in Scottish Film
Yet our ongoing 'dwam' may present credibility issues for local festivals and training schemes as well; if Scotland is ever going to be a ... «The List, Dec 14»
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Scrabble players face new puzzle after official word list is riddled …
For example, 'dwammming', an incorrect spelling of 'dwamming' - derived from the word 'dwam', meaning to swoon - was deemed acceptable. «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
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Hardeep Singh Kohli: I've never been more proud of my city
But I had noticed of late that Glasgow had slumped a little; the city seemed in a dwam. Having once been at the cutting edge of food, fashion ... «Herald Scotland, Aug 14»
9
The National Jazz Trio of Scotland - Standards Vol. III
... on 'Surprising Word' and the oriental flavour of finger piano on 'Buchanan Street', a dwam of a paean to Glasgow's bustling shopping street. «The List, Jun 14»
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Lights, camera, action for budding young Kirklees College film …
They have also received support from Guillame Fontaine, who runs film and webcasting business DWAM and students will forging links with the ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 14»

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