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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

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

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

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

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