IM
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Translingual
Symbol
IM
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Isle of Man since 2006.
- Synonym: IMN (alpha-3)
Alternative forms
- CMXCIX, cmxcix
Number
IM
- (proscribed, possibly nonstandard) Synonym of CMXCIX, the Roman numeral representing nine hundred and ninety-nine (999).
See also
- Previous: CMXCVIII (nine hundred and ninety-eight, 998)
- Next: M (one thousand, 1000)
English
Noun
IM (countable and uncountable, plural IMs)
- (computing) Initialism of information management.
- (Internet) Initialism of instant message.
- 2010, Tim Collins, A Woman's Guide to Internet Dating, A Male Perspective (page 49)
- Have them meet you on your favorite messenger program. IMs provide a means of instant chat without waiting on someone to respond back to you.
- 2010, Tim Collins, A Woman's Guide to Internet Dating, A Male Perspective (page 49)
- (Internet) Initialism of instant messaging.
- 2007, Bill Daley, Computers Are Your Future, page 70:
- Another threat to the use of IM is a phenomenon known as spimming. Spimming is to IM as spam is to e-mail. Some aggressive spimmers learned how to take over one IMer's contact list — threatening a company's entire IM system!
- 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, ISSN 1054-4836, page 80:
- Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy.
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- (aviation) Initialism of inner marker.
- (swimming) Initialism of individual medley.
- 2021 August 11, Joe Randleman, “Magnificent Meghan: Donald ready to defend state swimming titles for Ames High”, in Ames Tribune:
- "When I first joined ACAC (Ames Cyclones Aquatics Club), we were swimming together in a lane and I ended up going behind her," Hala said. "We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you? She told me no."
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- (business) Initialism of information memorandum.
- (business) Initialism of innovation management.
- Initialism of idea management.
- (countable, chess) Initialism of International Master.
Verb
IM (third-person singular simple present IMs, present participle IMing, simple past and past participle IMed)
- Initialism of instant message (verb)
- IM me when you get home.
- 2010, Jeanne C. Meister; Karie Willyerd, The 2020 Workplace […] , Harper Collins, →ISBN:
- “WDYT,” she IM'd Sophie, wondering what her new friend thought of the idea. Sophie, sitting next to her, quickly IM'd back “G4I” to show her support.
Coordinate terms
- DM
- PM
Adjective
IM
- Initialism of intramuscular.
Anagrams
- MI, mi, mi.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
IM m (genitive IM, plural IM)
- (history) inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (also: Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter), an informant in the German Democratic Republic who delivered private information to the Ministry for State Security
Hyponyms
- IMA
- IME
See also
- DDR
- Stasi