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Definition: 'EM |
'EM1. An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | EM End of Medium. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Phrase: let's get going! let's get this show on the road! up and at 'em! aller Anfang ist schwer; dimidium facti qui coepit habet; omnium rerum principia parva sunt. |
Misnomer | Noun: misnomer; lucus a non lucendo; Mrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em; (neologism); Hoosier. |
Neologism | Pseudonym; (misnomer); Mr. So-and-so; wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name; thingummy, thingumbob; je ne sais quoi. |
Obscurity | Noun: obscurity; (unintelligibility); involution; hard words; ambiguity; unintelligibleness; vagueness; inexactness; what d'ye call 'em; (neologism); darkness of meaning. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: 'EM |
| English words defined with "'EM": lead astray, lead off ♦ What a vengeance, What the vengeance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "'EM": Drat 'em! ♦ eye candy ♦ HOMILETICS ♦ understanding. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Knock 'em dead (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Both of 'em. And I'm convinced there wasn't one seminal or innovative idea in either one of themEnjoy your punch (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Well, I don't like to see things goin' good or bad. I like 'em in between (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) Let's face it. The 'Vette gets 'em wet (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël) Get 'em with what (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) | |
Lyrics | Just go back and hit 'em up style (Hit 'em up Style (Oops!); performing artist: Blu Cantrell) While the DJ's makin' 'em sweat (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW) And then I know how to break 'em (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) Set 'em up my friend (Pop A Top; performing artist: Alan Jackson) Droppin' game so sick I got 'em doin' tha most (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) | |
Clever | If the people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. (references; author: Yogi Berra) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I'm Not One of 'Em (1974) Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973) You Can't Win 'Em All (1970) Hang 'em High (1968) Rock 'Em Cowboy (1957) | |
Song Titles | Can't You Line 'Em (performing artist: Leadbelly) The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) (performing artist: The Greg Kihn Band) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Closeup view of the ship's port side bridge wing, showing her insignia, circa 1943-44. The design is based on the slogan of Cabot's first Commanding Officer, Captain Malcolm F. Schoeffel: "Up Mohawks, At 'Em!". "Mohawk" was the ship's voice radio call sign at the time. Credit: NAVY. |  | Timothy took 'em for her, and drove off balancing 'em with one hand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | We must have knocked seven bells out of 'em; and we didn't lose a single battleship. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | One week 'till Christmas for most of 'em but just December 18 for me. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Why didn't you think of that? All you ever told 'em is they've got to pay more. / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "I got one of 'em just as she almost made it back to the church" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Keep 'em flying" is our battle cry! Do your part for duty - honor - country / Dan V. Smith ; Albro F. Downe. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Guns--plenty of 'em. Masses of gun barrels in the process of manufacture for the war program. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Negro sharecropper with twenty acres. He receives eight cents a day for hoeing cotton. Brazos riverbottoms, near Bryan, Texas. "Some of 'em don't get nothin'. They just make these niggers chop that cotton." Few leave the bottoms. "They ain't got nothin' t. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The champion slugger--"Knocking 'em out" / Edw. W. Kemble, del. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Odd one" by Priit Kallas Commentary: "Hmm... why is on of 'em green?." | "Venice Pier" by Kelly Abbott Commentary: "Some call 'em anglers." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse. His understanding was so keen That all things which he'd felt, heard, seen, He could interpret without fail If he was in or out of jail. He wrote at Inspiration's call Deep disquisitions on them all, Then, pent at last in an asylum, Performed the service to compile 'em. So great a writer, all men swore, They never had not read before. Jorrock Wormley |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "'EM" is generally used as a pronoun (personal) -- approximately 90.23% of the time. "'EM" is used about 1,462 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (personal) | 90.23% | 1,320 | 6,008 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.2% | 120 | 29,358 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.43% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.14% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,462 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "'EM": what d'ye call 'em. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "'EM": beat-'em, find-'em-and-mash-'em, go-get-'em, shoot-'em, sock-it-to-'em, what-d'you-call-'em. | |
Containing "'EM": beat-'em-ups. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "'EM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Korean | 쏘십시요 'em 위로 (shoot-'em-up). (various references) | |
Russian | of them. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-m" | |
-1 letter: em, me. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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