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Etymology 1

  • Learned borrowing from Latin cum (β€œwith”).

Preposition

  1. Used in indicating a thing or person which has two or more roles, functions, or natures, or a which has changed from one to another.

Etymology 3

Adjective

  1. Clipping of cumulative.

Etymology 4

Noun

Abbreviation of cubic metre. (ex: The density of cement is 1440 kg/cum.)

For further definitions omitted see:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum

Why this one? Because I used it in a joke and some apparently did not know the primary use as a preposition.

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