Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK)A promenade concert.

  2. (UK, abbreviation)A promenade.

  3. (US)A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.

    Would you like to be my prom date?

    The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.

    Ball, Abschlussball, Prom

    балbal, выпускно́й ве́черvypusknój véčer, промprom

    a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

Examples

148 sentences
  1. I didn't think Tom would ask Mary to the prom.

    Я не думав, що Том запросить Мері на випускну вечірку.

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  2. Tom asked Mary to the prom.

    ruТом пригласил Мэри на школьный бал.

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  3. I didn't go to my prom.

    ruЯ не ходил на свой выпускной.

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  4. Who took you to the prom?

    deWer ist mir dir auf den Abschlussball gegangen?

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  5. We'll go to the prom together.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a formal ball:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a formal ball:

Origin

Clipping of promenade.

Clipping of promenade.

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Forms

plural: proms
Singularprom
Pluralproms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year:promenade

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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