Examples

63 sentences

  1. Sam helps whoever asks him to.

    Сем допомогає будь-кому, хто просить його про допомогу. — deniko

    deSam hilft jedem, der ihn darum bittet. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Sam is serious about his work.

    Сем серйозно ставиться до своєї роботи. — deniko

    ruСэм серьёзно относится к своей работе. — Hellerick

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  3. Sam is two years younger than Tom.

    Сем на два роки молодший від Тома. — deniko

    ruСэм на два года младше Тома. — papersaltserver

    deSam ist zwei Jahre jünger als Tom. — muzikanta_hipopotamo

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To assemble.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).

  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.

More meanings 2

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive)To assemble; come together.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To coagulate; curdle (milk).

Origin

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, asse

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.

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Forms

sams, samming, sammed, sammed

regular · Lesson

Base formsam · to sam
3rd person singularsams
Present participlesamming
Past simplesammed
Past participlesammed

Tenses

sam · sammed · will sam · have sammed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysam
he, she, itsams

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sammed
he, she, ithas sammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sam

Past simpleLesson

all personssammed

Word family

1 related words
Derivedstand sam

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salveC1salvosambasameA1

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