1
: a formal dance given by a high school or college class
2
British
: promenade sense 2
Examples of prom in a Sentence
Noun
Are you going to the prom?
he resolved to ask her to the school prom at the first opportunity
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Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 28 Oct. 2024
So many engagements, proms, weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries have occurred on the Belle of Louisville over the past 110 years.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s even been a slew of inanimate prom dates across the US, where students are ditching corsages in favor of cardboard: choosing instead to lug around scale-accurate depictions of Michael B. Jordan, Bernie Sanders and Danny DeVitto.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Her moves have spilled over from stadium shows to professional dance studios and trickled down to amateur dance TikTok and YouTube, inspiring everything from Halloween costumes to viral dances at high school prom rallies.
—Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The most recent video that is making its rounds after resurfacing is from 2011, when Taylor Swift made an appearance on The Rachel Ray Show and picked Diddy as one of her ideal prom dates.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 28 Oct. 2024
So many engagements, proms, weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries have occurred on the Belle of Louisville over the past 110 years.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
There’s even been a slew of inanimate prom dates across the US, where students are ditching corsages in favor of cardboard: choosing instead to lug around scale-accurate depictions of Michael B. Jordan, Bernie Sanders and Danny DeVitto.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Her moves have spilled over from stadium shows to professional dance studios and trickled down to amateur dance TikTok and YouTube, inspiring everything from Halloween costumes to viral dances at high school prom rallies.
—Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Prom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prom. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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