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Prom has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The seniors spent their Saturday night at the prom dancing and celebrating before graduation."

2

a promenade concert

"The engineer decided to use a programmable read-only memory chip to store the fixed boot sequence for the new microcontroller."

3

Programmable read-only memory: A PROM chip can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment. Once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way.)

In plain English: A prom is a formal dance that high school students attend to celebrate their graduation year with friends and dates.

"She spent all her extra money on a new dress for prom."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"Mr. Prom is my next-door neighbor who loves gardening."

Example Sentences
"She spent all her extra money on a new dress for prom." noun
"The prom was held at the local high school last night." noun
"She spent weeks picking out her dress for the upcoming prom." noun
"Many students were disappointed that the rain ruined their prom plans." noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ball

Origin

The word "prom" is a shortened form of the French word promenade, which originally meant a walk or stroll. It entered English usage to refer specifically to a formal dance attended by high school students.

Rhyming Words
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