w.

abbr.
1 wicket(s).
2 wide(s).
3 with.
4 wife.

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1. warden.

2. warehouse.

3. water.

4. watt; watts.

5. week; weeks.

6. weight.

7. west.

8. western.

9. wide.

10. width.

11. wife.

12. with.

13. won.

14. Physics. work.

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W¹ or w «DUHB uhl yoo», noun, plural W's or Ws, w's or ws.

1. the 23rd letter of the English alphabet. There are two w's in window.

2. a speech sound representing this letter.

3. (used as a symbol for) the 23rd, or more usually the 22nd (of an actual or possible series, either I or J being omitted).

Usage The name of this letter (“double u”) derives from the fact that originally it was written with two u's (uu) to represent its sound. As u and v were often used interchangeably, and v was used as a capital letter of u and as the symbol for what was considered the “consonant” sound of u, it was natural for later writers and printers to use the “VV” form in the initial position of such words as had the sound represented originally by “uu.”

W² «DUHB uhl yoo», noun, plural W's.

anything shaped like the letter W.

w (no period),

watt or watts.

w.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. wanting.

2. warden.

3. watt or watts.

4. week or weeks.

5. weight.

6. a) west. b) western.

7. a) wide. b) width.

8. wife.

9. with.

10. won.

11. Physics. work.

W (no period),

1. Chemistry. tungsten (German, Wolfram).

2. watt or watts.

3. a) west. b) western.

4. Physics. work.

5. W particle.

W.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. Wales.

2. warden.

3. Washington.

4. Wednesday.

5. weight.

6. Welsh.

7. a) west. b) western.

8. width.

9. Physics. work.