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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOAM

gloam  [ɡləʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gloam is 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.

WHAT DOES GLOAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gloaming

Gloaming or 'The Gloaming may refer to: ▪ Gloaming, or twilight, the time after sunset and before dark, celebrated in Harry Lauder's Roamin' In The Gloamin' ▪ Gloaming, a famous Australian-bred racehorse who was owned, trained and based in New Zealand ▪ "Gloaming",the final song in Four Last Songs, by Richard Strauss ▪ The Gloaming, the subtitle of Radiohead's album Hail to the Thief and the title of one of its tracks ▪ The Gloaming, an Irish traditional music group...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOAM


caulome
ˈkɔːləʊm
chrome
krəʊm
cloam
kləʊm
clomb
kləʊm
coelom
ˈsiːləʊm
dome
dəʊm
foam
fəʊm
holm
həʊm
home
həʊm
honeycomb
ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm
loam
ləʊm
metabolome
mɪˈtæbəˌləʊm
monochrome
ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm
nome
nəʊm
phyllome
ˈfɪləʊm
Rome
rəʊm
Stockholm
ˈstɒkhəʊm
syndrome
ˈsɪndrəʊm
telome
ˈtiːləʊm
tome
təʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOAM

gloaming
gloat
gloater
gloating
gloatingly
glob
global
global community
global dimming
global positioning system
global product
global reach
global rule
global search
global village
global warming
globalism
globalist
globalization

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOAM

antifoam
befoam
defoam
jeroboam
memory foam
plastic foam
rehoboam
roam
sea foam
shaving foam
Siloam
stroam
Styrofoam

Synonyms and antonyms of gloam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gloam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOAM

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

Translator English - Chinese

gloam
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gloam
570 millions of speakers

English

gloam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gloam
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gloam
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gloam
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gloam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gloam
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gloam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gloam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gloam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gloam
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gloam
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gloam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gloam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gloam
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gloam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gloam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gloam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gloam
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gloam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gloam
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gloam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gloam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gloam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gloam

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOAM»

The term «gloam» is normally little used and occupies the 124.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOAM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gloam» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gloam» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOAM»

Discover the use of gloam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gloam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crossover - Gunners: Alternate Forms of Hercules, Gloam ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
2
Forever Mantras
BLOODY. GLOAM. (1998). My thoughts of the holidays before With these lads, These sweet lads, When kissed upon our virgin cheeks By our affections Paraded in military plume For our parents and home. We listened to waltzes, Danced with ...
Michael DeAloia
3
Cogrill's Mill
I wish to speak to Mr Gloam,” he stammered. "There is no Mr Gloam," she replied. George was confused but he blustered on. "The sign says V. Gloam." She nodded, still smiling. "That's me ... Victoria Gloam." "I was looking for Victor Gloam ," ...
Jack K. Lindsey, 2004
4
Crossover - Mace Wielders: Alternate Forms of Hercules, Club ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source Wikia, 2012
5
Spellbound
'Iwonder why the Low Gloam hate the Glare so much,' pondered Huffkin, squeezing Athene's palm tightly as they approached a bend in the tunnel. 'It's very unusual. I know we tend to avoid the Glare, but we've got nothing against them – and ...
Anna Dale, 2009
6
Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder
The gloam was about thirty feet wide and divided a section of the Veil Sea down below Sycophant Run. The water on both sides of the gloam was churning wildly and spraying everyone. Rants and nits marched with speed down the gloam.
Obert Skye, 2010
7
Vladimir Nabokov as Translator: The Multilingual Works of ...
The itinerary of the distinctive term "gloam" throughout Nabokov's oeuvre is remarkable. Entering Nabokov's vocabulary in 1921 to be rendered as "t'ma" in his version of Keats' s "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (see 11.1 above), it lost nothing of ...
Stanislav Anatolyevich Shvabrin, 2008
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
Imperfect darkness; dismalnesn;" obseurity; defect of light-si- - i Glowing embers through thereon', Teach light to counterfeit a gloam. Milton, This the seat, That we must change sor heav'n ? This mournsul gloo'n, - . For that celestial light ?
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
9
The Concourse of Victory: Volume III of the Course Books
“Now in later years Gloam'Eye went on to perfect the magic of Necromancy, but before he got that far, he made a few mistakes along the way. “See, magic is, above all things, about balance. When you open a pathway to the underworld, you're ...
Rick Austinson, 2011
10
The Wrath of Ezra
He weaved in between stones and soldiers and flew across the Sentinel Fields and out onto the gloam. Once on the gloam Leven was picked up and slammed down on the soil with a tremendous smack. He moaned. "Get up," a kind voice said ...
Obert Skye, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gloam is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Refugee stuck in Greece: 'We're living the Thug Life'
Squatting in the gloam a few metres away, Nour, a teenage student from Syria, is similarly phlegmatic. “We will wait until they let us in,” he ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Of 261 unclaimed bodies
The beige marble of the cavernous, 18×24 main hall offers respite from the late afternoon sun and white energy savers dispel the gloam. «The News on Sunday, Jul 15»
3
Light in the dark of night
Far away and up the hill from where we sat, two men, bathed in headlights and the gloam of coming night, lit a match to the momentous pile of ... «Stowe Today, Jun 15»
4
Council considers ban on backing into driveways
CITY COUNSEL MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT HOW YOUR CAR TAG IS DISPLAYED WHILE PARKED AT OUR GLOAM IF IT BECOMES LAW ... «WJXT Jacksonville, Jun 15»
5
Watkins: Singing the got no Blue Bell blues
I think about her while riding during that magical time between sunset and dark — the gloam, Oxford novelist Larry Brown always called it. «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jun 15»
6
Voice of thoroughbred racing Woodbine set to turn off microphone
... of binoculars, pausing between reminiscences of where he's been, to memorize the latest participants in the gloam-ing chapter of his career. «Toronto Sun, May 15»
7
Sea Fever by Sam Jefferson
... from Marryat's predatory cruising of the tempestuous Bay of Biscay and London's youth as an oyster pirate in the chilly gloam of the Golden ... «Paste Magazine, May 15»
8
Walking the damp upper corners of America
Up ahead, through the tree-crowd and the green-gloam — Bear? Stump? Sasquatch? Gone when you get there. Here in the damp upper ... «High Country News, May 15»
9
Humanity's First Mercury Orbiter Will Impact That Planet Today
But if you do catch Mercury, a faint spark in the gloam, take a moment and tip your hat to MESSENGER, a human sentinel that watched over the ... «Slate Magazine, Apr 15»
10
"Overture" for a new theatre
Its subsidiary Toh Gloam, which is responsible for this production, is more renowned for its television shows, especially "The Voice Thailand", ... «The Nation, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gloam [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gloam>. May 2024 ».
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