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cc

1 American  
[see-see] / ˈsiˈsi /

noun

  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. 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 2 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 3 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. 4 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 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.

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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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

Her band, CC and the Boys, has also played at Lucinda’s and nearly every other honky-tonk in town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

What’s exciting about Methica CC is that labs could run it on self-collected HPV samples after they test positive, with no pap smear required.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

The state championships in golf take place Tuesday at Poppy Hills CC.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

Someone arranged blue bits into squiggly initials: JC + CC.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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