EC


  1. European Community.

Other definitions for ec- (2 of 4)

ec-

  1. variant of ex-3 before a consonant: eccentric.

Other definitions for e.c. (3 of 4)

e.c.

abbreviation
  1. for the sake of example.

Origin of e.c.

3
From Latin exemplī causā

Other definitions for E.C. (4 of 4)

E.C.

abbreviation
  1. Engineering Corps.

  2. Established Church.

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How to use EC in a sentence

  • To support this view, they even quote the word of Solomon that "there is no new thing under the sun," EC 1, 9.

  • Kun‑servo (or kuneco de servo) kun‑ig‑as la mort‑em-(ul)-ojn, kaj mal‑akr‑ig‑as la sent‑on de ilia kun‑a mort‑em‑EC‑o.

    International Language | Walter J. Clark
  • Ver‑e, ĝi est‑as tiel facil‑a, sonor‑a kaj simpl‑a, ke oni tut‑e ne hav‑as mal‑facil‑EC‑o‑n por lern‑i ĝi‑n.

    International Language | Walter J. Clark

British Dictionary definitions for ec (1 of 3)

ec

the internet domain name for
  1. Ecuador

British Dictionary definitions for EC (2 of 3)

EC

abbreviation for
  1. European Community (now subsumed within the European Union)

  2. (in London postal code) East Central

  1. Ecuador (international car registration)

British Dictionary definitions for ec- (3 of 3)

ec-

combining form
  1. out from; away from: ecbolic; eccentric; ecdysis

Origin of ec-

3
from Greek ek (before a vowel ex) out of, away from; see ex- 1

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