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• v
  v

  abbreviation

  variable.
• V
  V

  noun

  the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• v.
  v.

  abbreviation

  see.
• V.
  V.

  abbreviation

  see.

v

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. variable.

2. velocity.

3. vicinal.

4. victory.

5. Electricity. volt; volts.

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V ² American  

[vee] / vi /

Or v

noun

V's, plural Vs, plural v's, plural vs plural

1. the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove.

3. something having the form of a V .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter V or v.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter V or v.

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V ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Mathematics. vector.

2. Mechanics. velocity.

3. verb.

4. victory.

5. Electricity. volt; volts.

6. vowel.

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V ⁴ American  

Symbol.

1. the 22nd in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for five.

3. Chemistry. vanadium.

4. Biochemistry. valine.

5. Physics. electric potential.

6. (especially during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.

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v. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. see.

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v. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

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. village.

15. violin.

16. vision.

17. vocative.

18. voice.

19. volt.

20. voltage.

21. volume.

22. (in personal names) von.

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V. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. see.

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V. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. valve.

2. Venerable.

3. verb.

4. verse.

5. version.

6. versus.

7. very.

8. Vicar.

9. vice.

10. Village.

11. violin.

12. Virgin.

13. Viscount.

14. vision.

15. visual acuity.

16. vocative.

17. volume.

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v. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. verb

2. verse

3. version

4. verso

5. (usually italic) versus

6. very

7. vide

8. vocative

9. volume

10. von

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V ² British  

symbol

1. (in transformational grammar) verb

2. volume (capacity)

3. volt

4. chem vanadium

5. luminous efficiency

6. victory

7. five See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

1. Vatican City (international car registration)

v ³ British  

/ viː /

noun

1. the 22nd letter and 17th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced labio-dental fricative, as in vote

3. 1. something shaped like a V

   2. ( in combination ) See also V-sign

      a V neck

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V. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Venerable

2. (in titles) Very

3. (in titles) Vice

4. Viscount

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v ⁵ British  

symbol

1. physics velocity

2. specific volume (of a gas)

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• vs
  plural
• V's
  plural
• v's
  plural
• Vs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of v.⁵

From the Latin word vidē

Origin of V.⁷

From the Latin word vidē

Example Sentences

Rodolphe Callewaert, general manager at the Bulgari Hotel Paris, which opened in 2021 on the chic Avenue George V, said the distinction was a "great source of pride".

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In the state final, he finished 76th in Division V with a time of 16:58.60.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Murrell also bought Grand Theft Auto V, made by Scotland-based game studio Rockstar, for the PlayStation 4.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the U.S. were up 42% in April from a year prior, and Subchapter V small-business filings rose 46%.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Theo's last name is large, the V of Van Gogh oversized.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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