OC

abbr. Officer Commanding.

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abbreviation

1. of course

2. office copy

3. officer candidate

4. officer commanding

5. officer in charge

6. officer's cook

7. official classification

8. old charter

9. old crop

10. on center

11. often not capitalized only child

12. open charter

13. open cover

14. often not capitalized [Latin opere citato] in the work cited

15. order canceled

16. original cover

17. outing club

18. overcharge

19. oxygen consumed

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abbrev

1. Officer Commanding

2. Officer in Charge

3. (Officer of the) Order of Canada

4. Original cover (philately)

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oc-,

prefix. the form of ob- (Cf. ↑ob-) before c, as in occasion.

o/c (no periods),

overcharge.

o.c.,

in the work cited (Latin, opere citato).

Usage op. cit. is the abbreviation now more commonly used.

Oc. or oc.,

ocean.

OC (no periods),

oral contraceptive.

O.C.,

1. Officer Candidate.

2. British. Officer Commanding (C.O. in American use).

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oc

var. ac Obs., but; ME. pa. tense of ache v.