v.

abbr.
1 verse.
2 verso.
3 versus.
4 very.
5 vide.

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1. valve.

2. (in personal names) van.

3. vector.

4. vein.

5. ventral.

6. verb.

7. verse.

8. version.

9. verso.

10. versus.

11. very.

12. vicar.

13. vice.

14. see. [ < L vide]

15. village.

16. violin.

17. vision.

18. vocative.

19. voice.

20. volt.

21. voltage.

22. volume.

23. (in personal names) von.

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V¹ or v «vee», noun, plural V's or Vs, v's or vs.

1. the 22nd letter of the English alphabet. There are two v's in vivid.

2. any sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced labiodental fricative, as in valve.

3. (used as a symbol for) the 22nd or more usually the 21st (of an actual or possible series, either I or J being omitted).

4. the Roman numeral for 5.

5. Informal. a five-dollar bill.

V² «vee», noun, plural V's.

anything shaped like the letter V: »

I saw the fish make his V toward the conch bait (Edward Weeks).

v (no period),

volt.

v.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. of (German, von).

2. see (Latin, vide).

3. valve.

4. verb.

5. verse.

6. version.

7. versus.

8. vice-, as in v.p. for vice-president.

9. vocative.

10. voice.

11. volt.

12. voltage.

13. volume.

V (no period),

an abbreviation for the following:

1. vanadium (chemical element).

2. Mathematics. vector.

3. velocity.

4. Victory (a symbol of the Allies in World War II).

5. volt.

V.,

1. Venerable.

2. Victoria.

3. Viscount.

4. Volunteer.

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1.

abbr.

■ Grammar verb

■ (in textual references) verse

■ verso

■ versus

■ very

■ (in textual references) vide

2.

symbol velocity