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How to pronounce prom in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms promenade
Type of ball, formal

Examples of prom

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The more options the better vas folks then need a prom to help them sort it out.
From the forbes.com
It's almost impossible to live up to the expectations of a prom, Teegarden says.
From the usatoday.com
So that's a bit of a bummer, but at least I got to go to prom in a Disney movie.
From the suntimes.com
He'll never be president but he might win Most Likely to Succeed and prom queen.
From the economist.com
Instead, her sister could only imagine Jennifer in her long, flowing prom dress.
From the newsday.com
Last week Al finally got to take Clara, his wife of 50 years, to his first prom.
From the time.com
This year especially, prom trends are following a theme of more casual elegance.
From the buffalonews.com
This prom fixture has reinvented its menu and offers some great meals and deals.
From the chron.com
Wedding expenses, such as formal wear and flowers, are similar to prom expenses.
From the tennessean.com
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  • Promenade: a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
  • In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal (black tie) dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of junior and/or senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students. ...
  • Prom is the second solo album by Amy Ray of Indigo Girls, released in 2005 on her Daemon Records label.
  • The Prom is a piano-driven indie band. Chris Walla (of Death Cab for Cutie) has done mixing for The Prom (the 3-song EP saloon song +2) and they are on the Barsuk label which Death Cab For Cutie was with until 2005. ...
  • "The Prom" is episode 20 in season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  • Saloon Song is an EP by the American indie band The Prom. It was released on July 3, 2001 on Barsuk.
  • The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London. ...
  • Programmable read-only memory: A PROM chip can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment. Once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way.)
  • (PROMS) The spontaneous rupture of the amniotic sac before labour.