Oc.
abbreviation
ocean.
Oc.
1 American
Or
oc.
abbreviation
o/c
2
American
abbreviation
oc-
3
American
o.c.
4
American
O.C.
5
American
abbreviation
Philately.
OC
1
British
abbreviation
-
Officer Commanding
-
Officer of the Order of Canada
o/c
2
British
abbreviation
Usage
What else does OC mean? The acronym OC can stand for all kinds of things: Orange County (California), original character, OxyContin, of course, offensive coordinator, officer commanding, and original content.
Etymology
Origin of o.c.
From Latin opere citātō o.c. for def. 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
In the year 436, Theodoric, King of the Visigoths, superseded both these parties; and it is during his oc- cupation that the inner enceinte was raised upon the ruins of the Roman fortifications.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
How little I cared was manifest from my inaction on former oc- casions.
From A Little Tour in France by Henry James
High profile Los Angeles banking required a social presence and his face, along with his wife's, graced the social pages every time an event of any gossip-magnitude oc- curred.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
He served with distinction throughout the Mexican War, and of his exemplary conduct in the battle of Buena Vista said only, "I was under fire from 6 o.c. until 4."
From Time Magazine Archive
Went to bed at 10 o.c, and about 2 o.c. a knocking at the door proves Mr. Paine.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway
Wearing a blouse decorated with orange poppies, the bespectacled Barrios looked every bit the polite pol that O.C. leaders had taken her to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
You would expect this of a politician from an O.C. city with a progressive streak, like Santa Ana, Anaheim or even Laguna Woods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
The once-popular band started in 1978 and played at legendary Costa Mesa venue the Cuckoo’s Nest alongside celebrated bands from the early O.C. punk scene like the Adolescents, T.S.O.L.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
Of the nation’s 25 biggest metropolitan areas, O.C. is the only one with a Black population of less than 5%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Near another is a large convalescent camp, the O.C. of which looks to the V.A.D.'s of the rest station for help in various ways.
From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
A post from the popular Instagram page “South OC Cars and Coffee” identified one of the victims as 27-year-old James Wehr, who co-founded the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
For instance, the researchers built a bidirectional switch using two transistors that detect OC 12.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Each transistor also senses a second target molecule, OC 12.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Worth and the Bay Area, FuelFest, a global car-enthusiast festival, will cruise into the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa on June 13.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
At the close of the war there were 29 agencies grouped under OEM, of which OCD, WMC, and OC were the first to fold up.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
