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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

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

Typically, the EC addresses potentially anticompetitive mergers by requiring the divestment of overlapping businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

The helicopter was a Colibri EC 120B, one of the quietest in the world.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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

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

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

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

WARD, LOCK, BOWDEN, AND CO. london: warwick house, salisbury square, e.c. new york: east 12th street. melbourne: st. james’s street.  sydney: york street.

From Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest by Theodore Watts

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

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

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

“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

She moved into the Andersons’ quaint two-story home with a swooped roof on Roosevelt Avenue in Altadena and was the guest of honor that night at the Eagle Rock residence of E.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2019

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

But there’s an argument for bringing back home ec and shop, not only for students who may be better served by opting out of college but also for those students bent on white-collar life.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Rock singer and guitarist 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

“We just saw this episode two weeks ago. Lashonda flunks home ec and gets caught lending Troy’s letter jacket to that college guy she’s been dating on the side.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman