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Om
1[ awm ]
noun
, Hinduism.
- a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
Om.
2abbreviation for
- Ostmark.
O.M.
3abbreviation for
, British.
- Order of Merit.
OM
1abbreviation for
- Oman (international car registration)
om
2the internet domain name for
- Oman
Om
3/ əʊm /
noun
- Hinduism a sacred syllable typifying the three gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, who are concerned in the threefold operation of integration, maintenance, and disintegration
OM
4abbreviation for
- Order of Merit (a Brit title)
symbol for
- currency (the former) Ostmark
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Om1
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1780–90
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Om1
from Sanskrit
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Example Sentences
I'm fifty, but you make me look sixty, and when you're a hundred your picture will be in the papers with the O.M. round your neck.
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He tore it out, and with the end of a stick he wrote the letters “O.M.”
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