mom

«mom» in Mova's school dictionary: a child's word for mother — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mom, moms) — American and Canadian English; informal

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, USA and Canada) Mom is a child's word for mother. tree →

2) Mom is also used as a name when talking to your mother: "Mom, can I go out?" tree →

sense in the lessons

In American and Canadian stories and lessons, children call their mother Mom; in the UK and Ireland the word is Mum (Ireland also Mam), in Australia and New Zealand Mum. In maths family problems, Mom's age, Mom's money or Mom's shopping are common. Phrases: my mom, stay-at-home mom, Mom and Dad.

examples

• Mom made pancakes for breakfast. tree →
• "Mom, where are my shoes?" tree →
• My mom is a nurse. tree →
• Mom is 36 and I am 9, so she is 27 years older than me. tree →
• Mom and Dad came to the school play. tree →
• I made a card for my mom. tree →

note

Capital M when used as a name ("Mom said"), small m with "my" ("my mom"). Spelling depends on the country: Mom (USA, Canada), Mum (UK, Australia, New Zealand), Mam (Ireland, northern England, Wales). All mean the same.

In the corpora

• «Mum» (Britain) and «mom» (USA) are both correct spellings in their own country.
• Kayla in Atlanta found a form about her missing homework that needed Mom's signature by Friday.
• Mom signed it, sighed, and they made a homework plan.
• Mia's mom helps her write, «Sorry I said your drawing was ugly.
• In Atlanta, Tyrone's mom says, «We fixin' to tighten belts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.