g
abbreviation
general intelligence.
g
2
American
G
3
American
[jee]
/ dʒi /
Or
g
noun
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G's,
plural
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Gs,
plural
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g's,
plural
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gs
plural
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the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter G or g, as in get, German, or camouflage.
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something having the shape of a G .
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a written or printed representation of the letter G or g.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter G or g.
G
4
American
[jee]
/ dʒi /
noun
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Gs,
plural
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G's
plural
G
5
American
abbreviation
G
6
American
abbreviation
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Informal. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.
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gay.
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Psychology. general intelligence.
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good.
G
7
American
Symbol.
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the seventh in order or in a series.
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Music.
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the fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the fifth tone of the scale of C major, called sol.
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the tonality having G as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.
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Electricity.
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Physics, Astronomy. gravitational constant.
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Biochemistry.
g.
8
American
abbreviation
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gauge.
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gender.
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general.
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generally.
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genitive.
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going back to.
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gold.
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grain; grains.
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gram; grams.
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Football. guard.
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British. guinea.
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gun.
G.
9
American
G
1
British
symbol
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music
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a note having a frequency of 392 hertz ( G above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the fifth note of the scale of C major
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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gauss
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gravitational constant
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physics conductance
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biochem guanine
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German
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Gibbs function
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giga
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good
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slang grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)
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general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)
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( as modifier )
a G film
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g
2
British
symbol
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gallon(s)
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gram(s)
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acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth
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grav
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chess See algebraic notation
G.
3
British
abbreviation
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Gulf
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guilder(s)
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guinea(s)
g
4
British
/ dʒiː /
noun
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the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiced velar stop, as in grass, or a voiced palato-alveolar affricate, as in page
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Dietary recalls completed during the study suggested that both intervention groups increased their daily fiber intake by an estimated 8-10 g.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
This process results in roughly 9.5 g of glucose being used.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026
Average daily salt intake in France was 8.1 g per day in 2015, with more than 90% of adults exceeding recommended levels.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
If the targets were fully met, average daily salt intake would have fallen from about 6.1 g to 4.9 g.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
Do you know the differences between indentured servitude and g slavery?
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
But, if approved, retatrutide will become the first weight loss medication in the world to act on three, giving it the nickname the "triple G".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A stumbling block we’re likely to encounter sooner is the G in AGI, or artificial general intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“From ’93 on, I didn’t see him no more,” Shock G told Rolling Stone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Friday night at the SoFi Stadium, there was nothing random about the songs that played just before Karol G took the stage for the first of three evenings at the venue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
G is pronounced hard before a, o, u, and soft like j before e, i, y, æ, œ: as gusto, in which g is pronounced as in August; gero, pronounced je'ro.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
The diagnosis was based on established assessments that included e. g. memory and language tasks.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
They can't because no one will loan them the money to keep spending. g. powell in reply to fundamentalist May 2nd 2013 18:06 GMT The ECB can provide that money.
From Economist ● May 2, 2013
Full employment should be the objective in Europe. fundamentalist in reply to g. powell May 2nd 2013 18:46 GMT The current crisis is the direct result of such thinking in the past.
From Economist ● May 2, 2013
The geochemists pick up samples of the surface soil at spaced intervals, e. g., every tenth of a mile, and analyze them for significant hydrocarbons.
From Time Magazine Archive
For coating-over, take one part white of egg, two parts water, and to every 1/2 litre add 10 drops of glycerine and 1 g. borax.
From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
A VAT rate of 18% would churn out revenue of $12.2 trillion over 10 years, according to the green-eyeshade crew at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
LaBaer is executive director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU and director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
A 3 is a D or high E, a 2 is a low E or high F, and a 1 is a low F or G. And a U is still a U.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eliminating the cap without providing a benefit credit would mean the program has asset reserves until 2067, according to a 2025 analysis from the nonprofit fiscal group Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I searched for the name of H. G. Burt, the suspect in W. W. Vaughan’s killing.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
You joined Karol G’s band at Coachella this year — how did that happen?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Karol G’s highly anticipated Coachella headlining set is finally here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Thomas P pleaded not guilty and Kerstin G's parents told the court she had been "really active" in mountaineering since 2020.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
And yet, it's from here, at the edge of the desert, two of the UK's biggest fresh produce businesses - G's Fresh and Barfoots - are growing an increasing amount of food.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
I wanted to rely on Ms. G’s class to be my surrogate family, but I’m slowly finding out that it might not be a good idea because we may not be a family next year.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
However, most of the time his uniform still sports the Chinese transliteration, and Chinese-speaking broadcasters announce him using tonal Mandarin and soft Gs, rather than the hard Gs of the Indigenous tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023
Despite the elegance of the Gs and changing from one to five, the process of managing a network is as archaic as you could ever imagine.
From The Verge ● Aug. 9, 2022
Sleek jet fighters streak into the sun, with the pilots of the F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22 Raptors pulling heavy Gs as they perform high-speed maneuvers against an unseen enemy.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Thousands of times longer than the cell that contains it, this intricate strand of As, Ts, Gs and Cs must fold itself into a compact package.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2022
Daddy says there’s a trick to telling OGs from Young Gs, besides their age.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The idea is to ensure that the seat – and passenger – would survive a brief exposure to 16 g’s.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
For people, an impact of about 135 g’s produces a concussion.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 14, 2022
It seems like they were planning for some kind of outcry here so that they could quickly replace these g’s, because none of the other letters have this.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2021
The compression here—an abrupt transition to flatter, rutted terrain—creates a force of more than three g’s.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
Only Momma could decipher the lacy handwriting with its long, tall letters all bunched together and the lines running into one another because of the long-tailed, fancy z’s and f’s and g’s.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
“It was 3.2 gs, man,” Norris Burkes, a passenger on Flight 8535, told Answer Man.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019
An automobile suspension is designed to withstand forces of about two gs as it smooths out the bumps in the road.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2014
Its screen records characters exactly the way you write them, helping me nail those pesky gs and 9s.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wind hit his body with a force of 8,000 Ibs., and he felt deceleration of 40 gs, so that his organs weighed 40 times normal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, I was a bossy little thing, even though I couldn’t pronounce my gs properly!
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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