TAM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

English

Proper noun

TAM

1. Abbreviation of Tamaulipas: a state of Mexico.
2. Initialism of Transantarctic Mountains: a mountain range in Antarctica.

Noun

TAM (countable and uncountable, plural TAMs)

1. (uncountable, linguistics) Initialism of tense, aspect, and mood.

   Synonym: TMA

   • 2023, Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Understanding Human Time, page 170:

     […] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.

2. (business) Initialism of total addressable/available market.
3. (computing, sociology) Initialism of technology acceptance model.

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, amt., atm, mat, mat.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tam

Phrase

TAM

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) initialism of te amo mucho