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A filler sound used to express hesitation or uncertainty while speaking.
""Um, I don't really know how to answer that," he admitted."
How to Use Um
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA hesitation sound people make while thinking of what to say.
When to use it
Purely spoken/informal; a natural pause-filler, not used in formal writing.
Word Forms
ummed past tense, ums plural, ums singular
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"_____, I don't really know how to answer that," he admitted.