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Meaning of hm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Home Minister.
  2. Initialism of Hindley-Milner.
  3. Abbreviation of hospital corpsman.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of
  4. Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011.
  5. Initialism of heavy metal.
  6. Initialism of hidden machine

Equivalents

Français hm HM
Português hm

Examples

“When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?”
“For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc.”
“She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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