EC

European Community.

ec-

variant of ex-³ before a consonant: eccentric.

e.c.

for the sake of example.

Origin of e.c.

From the Latin word exemplī causā

E.C.

Engineering Corps.
Established Church.

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Examples from the Web for ec

Contemporary Examples of ec

The part between the end of the 401 and the EC Row expressway is already in the process of being re-graded and expanded.
In Defense of Private Bridges
Noah Kristula-Green
June 23, 2012
With our daughter, who is almost two-and-a-half, we did EC, elimination communication.
A Gifted Man’s Leading Lady
Jace Lacob
September 23, 2011

Historical Examples of ec

With the back-saw cut by these oblique lines (ec) to the lines ab.
Woodworking for Beginners
Charles Gardner Wheeler
It is thus in contrast to the abstract-forming suffix -ec- .
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
Ivy Kellerman Reed
This diminutive ending is formed from that in ec by the addition of en.
Surnames as a Science
Robert Ferguson
Now we do some more of that bisecting; this time we bisect EC at F.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 3, 1920
Various
Ec′stasied, enraptured; Ecstat′ic, causing ecstasy: amounting to ecstasy: rapturous.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for ec

ec

the internet domain name for

Ecuador

EC

abbreviation for

European Community (now subsumed within the European Union)
(in London postal code) East Central
Ecuador (international car registration)

ec-

combining form

out from; away fromecbolic; eccentric; ecdysis

Word Origin for ec-

from Greek ek (before a vowel ex) out of, away from; see ex- 1

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Word Origin and History for ec

ec-

typical form in English of Latin ex-, Greek ex-, ek- before consonants. See ex-.

ec in Medicine

ec-

pref.

Out; outside of:eclabium.