cc
noun
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cc
1 American
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/ ˈsiˈsi /
noun
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ccs
plural
verb (used with object)
cc'ed,
cc'd,
cc'ing
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to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to.
I always cc my boss when I write a memo to my staff.
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to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to someone.
Jim, please cc this to each of the department heads.
cc
2
American
abbreviation
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copies.
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cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.
Cc
3
American
abbreviation
CC
4
American
CC
5
American
Symbol.
cc.
6
American
Or
c.c.
C.C.
7
American
Or
c.c.
abbreviation
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chief clerk.
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city councilor.
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civil court.
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company commander.
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county council.
cc
1
British
abbreviation
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carbon copy or copies
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close corporation
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cubic centimetre(s)
cc
2
British
abbreviation
cc.
3
British
abbreviation
CC
4
British
abbreviation
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City Council
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(in Britain) Competition Commission
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County Council
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Cricket Club
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Companion of the Order of Canada
cc
Scientific
cc
Cultural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cc
Initialism for carbon copy; with reference to the former use of carbon paper to make copies, now replaced by electronic or photocopied documents
Example Sentences
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I started with a small 230 cc bike, kept my speed low and stuck to quiet residential streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Other measures under consideration include requiring cars with 2,400 cc engine capacity and above to use 98-octane fuel, and requiring each vehicle to be carrying four people.
From Reuters ● Aug. 14, 2023
For comparison, H. sapiens brain size averages around 1,400 cc.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
The recessive c allele does not produce pigment, and a mouse with the homozygous recessive cc genotype is albino regardless of the allele present at the A locus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In the interior of words in Brythonic, cc, pp, tt give the same result as initial k, t, p by this mutation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Cc @VerizonSupport you folks should be able to detect sms spam, spoofing my own vzw number, that spoofs your own bill pay messages.
From The Verge ● Mar. 28, 2022
Sincerely, Lawrence Tushman To: [email protected] Fr: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Jack Hi Melissa, Thank you for being so understanding about this incident with Jack.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
Taking then the breadth Cc on the side toward the angle E, let the parallelogram COoc be taken as a portion of a wave, and let us complete the parallelograms CKkc, CIic, Klik, OKko.
From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens
Raise Dd and Cc, their heights being determined by the line FV.
From The Theory and Practice of Perspective by G. A. (George Adolphus) Storey
There may be a Cc: header, listing additional addresses.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe
Rosales invited car clubs, including Nu Minis and local Volksstyle CC, to show off their rides, bringing attention to modified vehicles that aren’t lowriders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Their away trip to Yorkshire is at York CC.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A few years ago he helped Knaresborough CC reach the North Yorkshire Premier Division alongside fellow ex-England goalie Paul Robinson.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
The company’s chairman and chief executive officer, CC Wei, made it clear this growth was not at the expense of sacrificing profitability either.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
It was a note, and it read: New CC was testing for undetected Ys, Os, Rs.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Support Worker oxfordshire cc. abingdon, oxfordshire, south east england. £27,849 - £30,011.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010
Typically, one cubic centimeter of this is enough to kill the virus in 4,000 cc. of culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one Baltic measuring station, Environmentalist Barry Commoner points out, the oxygen content of water samples was 2.5 cc. per liter in 1900.
From Time Magazine Archive
The majority are small, almost civilized creatures, below 500 cc. in engine capacity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Draw off the petroleum ether layer as closely as possible by means of a slender glass siphon into a separatory funnel of 500 cc. capacity.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, posted a record quarter for profit as demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure continued to surge, with Chairman and CEO C.C.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
In one scene, an executive, played by David Lewis, leaving the apartment assures Lemmon’s character, C.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Oakley led the work with longtime collaborator and corresponding author Clay C.C.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
But soon that too was gone, as was C.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
C.C. hesitated, not entirely sure what she should do.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
When Barry is struggling, Gene prescribes, “10 ccs of pure Mamet.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
Not a minute was wasted in giving Baby Cheryl 60 ccs of blood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The general thought is that the more ccs gained by the kit, the more radically different the power output will be.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hence the weight of water present is 99.1 grammes, or a volume of 99.1 ccs.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
It seems late hours were the norm; another email from Balwani, with Holmes cc’d, suggested Gangakhedkar’s team wasn’t working hard enough.
From The Verge ● Sep. 17, 2021
Oceguera said he cc’d Nissani on all his email correspondence with customers to make sure the boss was aware of what was happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2020
I censored the name of the editor he cc’d, which I guess was supposed to be a power move? anyone who has received something similar, feel free to reach out.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2019
Joe Walsh revealed in July that his interview with Baron Cohen was coordinated by an an “Alexis Rothe” from Yerushalayim TV and that an “Alexis Sampietro” was cc’d on the email thread.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2018
The leader of the Senate Democratic Conference, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who was cc’d in the governor’s letter, had not spoken to Mr. Felder on Wednesday, nor had Mr. Cuomo.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
But an internal NPB Foundation board email sent to its then-chair — and apparently accidentally cc’ed to me — revealed The Family’s active interest in remaining involved.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
It shows that Reed was cc’ed on an email in which the author said they did not have to attend jury duty, and Reed responded with the meme.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
“I have to beg to be cc’ed on emails. They say, ‘We don’t want to bother you.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2018
He signed the email “Pierre,” and cc’ed her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2016
The next time Kathy checked her email she saw a message from Ahmad; she had been cc’ed.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Her claim that the reservations manager had reached out “multiple times” to you conflicted with your account, so I wrote with several additional questions, cc’ing Steven Roberts, the company’s managing director.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
My colleagues have now started cc’ing me on emails with her as a way for me to follow up with her to ensure tasks get done.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2023
She said he hadn’t raised his concerns before — not true, as we’ve seen emails of him doing it and cc’ing her in.
From The Verge ● Sep. 28, 2021
He replied by cc’ing the entire press shop saying, “I won’t be speaking for this article.”
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2021
He just emailed me, cc’ing my university provost.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2019
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