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com

8 8.0
A short message sent by computer or phone
  • noun
  • Texting
translation icon : mensaje
  • And he came back with a note from me, a com, a communication, we call it a com.
  • dot-com
  • com Rom

And he came back with a note from me, a com, a communication, we call it a com.

Examples

  • Picking up any com traffic, Baker Seven?

  • She sent a quick com to let everyone know about the meeting time.

  • I want to receive Chevrier's verbal report on this com here.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • You want me to intentionally open up a com line to the head of the FBI's cyber division?

  • The quake didn't knock out this com system.

  • "The com's down." "It's just the ship encounter drill," Lukinov said.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Ambassador Stevens, who is currently in Benghazi, and four COM personnel are in the compound safe haven.

    Blog text (3)
  • As she turned away from this view, the tac officer's voice came alive in her wrist-com, calling the countdown to strike.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The coms aren't working.

  • "Captain wants a report—the com's down again!"

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

email
vscom
  • Texting
724 1.0

A message sent over the internet to another person

is usually shorter and fits quick exchanges across phones or devices
text
vscom
  • Texting
338 1.0

A short written message sent by phone or app

is the short electronic message used both on phones and computers
mail
vscom
  • Texting
203 1.0

Messages sent or received over the internet

is the short electronic message idea, not the broader category of internet correspondence
19 1.0

A short voice recording someone leaves on a phone when the person cannot answer

is the general short electronic message not limited to call systems or recordings
comm
vscom
  • Jargon
7 7.4

A short message sent by radio or an electronic device

is a neutral short electronic message used in many situations beyond informal uses
e-mail message
vscom
  • Texting
6 1.0

A message sent by email over the internet

is a short electronic message used on phones and computers, not only internet systems
email message
vscom
  • Texting
5 1.0

A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet

is a short message used on phones or devices, not limited to internet systems
msg
vscom
  • Texting
1 4.4

A short written note sent by phone or email

is the full short electronic message rather than its reduced written form
e-mail
vscom
  • Texting
1.0

A message sent over the internet to another person

is a short electronic message used for quick contact via computer or phone

Compounds

dot com
  • Texting
7 3.7

A company that does most of its business on the internet with a website ending in .com

dot-com
  • Texting
6 4.2

A company that does most of its business online, often with a website ending in .com

dot com company
  • Texting
1 3.5

A business that does most of its work online and uses a website ending in .com

Surface Forms

com singular
coms plural

Etymology

Com meaning a short electronic message is a short form of communication, which means 'to share information'. So a com is just a quick message you send to tell someone something.