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Meaning of um in English

um
exclamation
uk
/əm/ us
/əm/
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used in writing to represent the sound that people make when they are pausing or deciding what to say next:
"What do you think of this jacket?" "Um, I don't know if I like the colour."
"So what did you talk about?" "Um, I don't remember."
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(Definition of um from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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um
exclamation
us
/ˈʌm, əm/
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(Definition of um from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
呃，嗯（表示說話中間停頓或考慮下文的象聲詞）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
呃，嗯（表示说话中间停顿或考虑下文的象声词）…
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in Spanish
em, mmm…
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in Portuguese
hã, hum…
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in more languages
in Japanese
in French
in Catalan
in Arabic
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in Italian
（次に言う言葉を捜して）えーと, うーん…
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euh…
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hem…
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هِمم (بادِئَة تُسْتَخْدَم عِنْد التَفْكير فيما سَنَقول)…
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æh…
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음, 저…
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ehm…
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