Av

¹ American  

[ahv, awv] / ɑv, ɔv /

Or Ab

noun

1. the eleventh month of the Jewish calendar.

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AV ² American  

1. arteriovenous.

2. atrioventricular.

3. audiovisual.

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av. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. avenue.

2. average.

3. avoirdupois weight.

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A/V ⁴ American  

1. Also a.v. ad valorem.

2. audiovisual.

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A.V. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Artillery Volunteers.

2. audiovisual.

3. Authorized Version (of the Bible).

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Av. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. avenue

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AV ² British  

abbreviation

1. Authorized Version (of the Bible)

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Av ³ British  

/ æv /

noun

1. (in the Jewish calendar) the fifth month of the year according to biblical reckoning and the eleventh month in the civil year, usually falling within July and August

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av. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. average

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a.v. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. ad valorem

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Etymology

Origin of Av

First recorded in 1550–60; from Hebrew āv, from Akkadian abu

Example Sentences

Carbona remade BioLife into AveXis: Av for adeno-associated virus serotype 9, the engine of Kaspar’s drug; ve for vector; X for the DNA helix; and Is for Isis, the goddess of children, nature and magic.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025

Amazon is cooperating with local authorities in Lockeford, said company spokesperson Av Zammit, and is working to obtain permissions.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2022

El Catrin | Seattle Times Critic’s Pick | ★★★ | Mexican | $ | White Center | 9641 15th Av.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2020

For simplicity, both components have a common dust attenuation, Av, and metallicity, Z.

From Nature • May 15, 2018

At first, he had worked at that jacked-up grocery store on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 127th, but he soon left that and started working at this barbershop that used to be on St. Nick Av’.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore