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• EC
  EC

  European Community.
• ec-
  ec-

  variant of ex- before a consonant.
• e.c.
  e.c.

  abbreviation

  for the sake of example.
• E.C.
  E.C.

  abbreviation

  Engineering Corps.
• ec
  ec

  abbreviation

  Ecuador

EC

¹ American  

1. European Community.

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ec- ² American  

1. variant of ex- before a consonant.

   eccentric.

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e.c. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. for the sake of example.

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E.C. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Engineering Corps.

2. Established Church.

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EC ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. European Community (now subsumed within the European Union)

2. (in London postal code) East Central

3. Ecuador (international car registration)

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ec- ² British  

combining form

1. out from; away from

   ecbolic

   eccentric

   ecdysis

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ec ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ecuador

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Etymology

Origin of e.c.

From Latin exemplī causā

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

EC ec- e.c. E.C. ec

The EC also called for scrapping the laws that paved the way for development.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

When acetylcholine was introduced to lab-grown gut tissue containing EC cells, those cells responded by releasing serotonin.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026

“Consumer confidence remained below its long-term average,” the EC said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The action was the fourth multi-billion-dollar fine imposed on Google by the EC since 2017; Google won one appeal and lost another; an appeal of the third is pending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

But gradually during his first year as EC, he began to tire of the never-ending discussions about these matters.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Emotional utterances         Physical sensation, not Soul, produces material ec- 7:18 stasy and emotion.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

NOTE.—e-, ec-, and ef- are euphonic variations of ex-.

From New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words by William Swinton

The attraction-spheres are near one side of the ovum, and are connected with its periphery by a cone of fibres forming a polar circle, p.c.; e.c., equatorial circle.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes

LONDON: robert banks, racquet court, fleet street.  e.c.

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild

Senior Acting Physician to the Devonshire Hospital and Buxton Bath Charity.   john heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchester; 2, amen corner, london, e.c.

From Buxton and its Medicinal Waters by Robert Ottiwell Gifford-Bennet

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, bread street hill, e.c., and bungay, suffolk.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

THE END. london: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, bread street hill, e.c.

From What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps by Randolph Caldecott

The swashbuckling 17-minute short is a pitch-perfect elaboration on newspaper cartoonist E.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Popeye first appeared as a peripheral character in January 1929 in E.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

“More people have looked through that telescope than any other telescope else in the world,” E.C.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

Although one might be tempted to believe that the rats simply learned how to find their way through a conditioned series of right and left turns, E.C.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

I studied the sketch, the artist’s initials: E.C.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Abdelhameid: Most commonly probably known as home ec.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

Home ec and shop skills especially make sense in light of current environmental and health challenges.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

He leaves an incredible music legacy, and as Eric Clapton simply tweeted: "'Always and ever'…….. ec".

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023

“This would enable a food service manager or extension agent or home ec teacher to diagnose and correct food preparation errors,” she wrote.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

During all of my other classes, we were told not to talk to each other, but in home ec, we could talk as we learned the art of fine cooking.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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