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prom
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun prom has 1 sense
- prom(n = noun.event) promenade - a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year; Array is a kind of ball, formal
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prom, n. colloq.
1 Brit. = PROMENADE n. 1a.
2 Brit. = promenade concert.
3 US = PROMENADE n. 3.
1 Brit. = PROMENADE n. 1a.
2 Brit. = promenade concert.
3 US = PROMENADE n. 3.
Etymology
abbr.
THESAURUS
prom
Philharmonic concert, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, bal, bal costume, bal masque, ball, band concert, barn dance, brawl, caucus, chamber concert, colloquium, commission, committee, concert, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, country dance, dance, date, diet, eisteddfod, fancy-dress ball, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, hop, housewarming, levee, mask, masked ball, masque, masquerade, masquerade ball, meet, meeting, mixer, musical performance, musical program, panel, party, performance, philharmonic, plenum, pop concert, pops, popular concert, program, program of music, promenade, promenade concert, quorum, rally, reception, recital, record hop, rendezvous, seance, service of music, session, shindig, shindy, sit-in, sitting, soiree, square dance, stag dance, symphony concert, symposium, synod, tea dance, the dansant, turnout
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