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cc

1 American  
[see-see] / ˈsiˈsi /

noun

  • ccs
    plural
  1. carbon copy.


verb (used with object)

cc'ed, cc'd, cc'ing
  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. copies.

  2. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.


Cc 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. cirrocumulus.


CC 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. closed caption; closed-captioned; closed captioning.

  2. Creative Commons.


CC 5 American  
Symbol.
  1. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than CCC and higher than C.


cc. 6 American  
Or c.c.

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy.

  2. chapters.

  3. copies.

  4. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.


C.C. 7 American  
Or c.c.

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy.

  2. cashier's check.

  3. chief clerk.

  4. circuit court.

  5. city council.

  6. city councilor.

  7. civil court.

  8. company commander.

  9. county clerk.

  10. county commissioner.

  11. county council.

  12. county court.


cc 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy or copies

  2. close corporation

  3. cubic centimetre(s)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cc 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Cocos Islands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cc. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. chapters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

CC 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. City Council

  2. (in Britain) Competition Commission

  3. County Council

  4. Cricket Club

  5. Companion of the Order of Canada

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cc Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of cubic centimeter


cc Cultural  
  1. An abbreviation for cubic centimeter — the volume of a cube that has edges one centimeter long.


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 took another baby step, graduating to a bike with a 310 cc engine—faster than the 230 cc but still too light for the open road.

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

This act also extends to indictable offences under 24 & 25 Vict. cc.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 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

As A2 is proportional to the roll of W2, A to that of W, we can write I = Cw - C2 w2, Ay = C1 w1, A = Cc w.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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

In Figure 5, Aa and Cc represent little slotted rods of wood on which the silk-covered wire is wound.

From The Earliest Electromagnetic Instruments by Robert A. Chipman

Martyn still plays club cricket and is currently with Scarcroft CC, just outside Leeds.

From BBC May 11, 2026

CC Wei confirmed that the “recent situation in the Middle East brings macroeconomic uncertainties” but for now, “AI-related demand continues to be extremely robust.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

Jana in the past tapped retired basketball star Dwyane Wade and former baseball player CC Sabathia as special advisers on a campaign at pet-food maker Freshpet.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

Sabathia’s dad, CC, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a couple weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

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

With her count of disease-fighting white corpuscles still at only 250 per cc., she has been kept ever since in the near-sterility of an operating room.

From Time Magazine Archive

From every 1,000 cc. of vaccine, one cc. is taken.

From Time Magazine Archive

The majority are small, almost civilized creatures, below 500 cc. in engine capacity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Weigh 20 grams of the glycerine, dilute to 250 cc. and take 25 cc.

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

TSMC’s chips are expected to go into high-volume production later this quarter, Chief Executive C.C.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Oakley led the work with longtime collaborator and corresponding author Clay C.C.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2023

“This investment in Dresden demonstrates TSMC’s commitment to serving our customers’ strategic capacity and technology needs,” C.C.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2023

"War happening in a far away place – the Ukraine war – has ripple effects that reach us," said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's CEO C.C.

From Reuters May 11, 2023

“So no wings,” said C.C. with a curt nod.

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

She further told Diettrich Hegseth, “I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc’d my lawyer,” adding, “There was no physical abuse in my marriage.”

From Slate Jan. 23, 2025

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

I wrote this multipage letter and I cc’d every Latino arts organization.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2021

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

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

Everyone in the fifth grade had messenger bags, everyone but Hazel, who had not been cc’ed on that particular school-wide email.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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 just emailed me, cc’ing my university provost.

From The Guardian Aug. 27, 2019

DirecTV customers naturally replied to the tweet with customer service complaints, and just as naturally ended up cc’ing Braun.

From Slate

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