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  • g
    g
    abbreviation
    general intelligence.
  • G
    G
    noun
    the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  • g.
    g.
    abbreviation
    gauge.
  • G.
    G.
    abbreviation
    German. Also G
Synonyms

g

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Psychology. general intelligence.

  2. good.

  3. gram; grams.

  4. Electronics. grid.


g 2 American  
Symbol, Physics.
  1. acceleration of gravity.

  2. gravity.


G 3 American  
[jee] / dʒi /
Or g

noun

plural

G's, Gs, g's, gs
  1. the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter G or g, as in get, German, or camouflage.

  3. something having the shape of a G .

  4. a written or printed representation of the letter G or g.

  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter G or g.


G 4 American  
[jee] / dʒi /

noun

plural

Gs, G's
  1. Aerospace. gravitational force: Sometimes g

    The pilot pulled 3 Gs during the steep dive.


G 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Trademark. general: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that the film is suitable for general audiences, or children as well as adults.


G 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Informal. grand: a sum of one thousand dollars.

  2. gay.

  3. Psychology. general intelligence.

  4. German.

  5. good.


G 7 American  
Symbol.
  1. the seventh in order or in a series.

  2. Music.

    1. the fifth tone in the scale of C major or the seventh tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.

    2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.

    3. a written or printed note representing this tone.

    4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the fifth tone of the scale of C major, called sol.

    5. the tonality having G as the tonic note.

  3. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.

  4. Electricity.

    1. conductance.

    2. gauss.

  5. Physics, Astronomy. gravitational constant.

  6. Biochemistry.

    1. glycine.

    2. guanine.


g. 8 American  

abbreviation

  1. gauge.

  2. gender.

  3. general.

  4. generally.

  5. genitive.

  6. going back to.

  7. gold.

  8. grain; grains.

  9. gram; grams.

  10. Football. guard.

  11. British. guinea.

  12. gun.


G. 9 American  

abbreviation

  1. German. Also G

  2. gourde; gourdes.

  3. (specific) gravity.

  4. Gulf.


G 1 British  

symbol

  1. music

    1. 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

    2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note

    3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic

  2. gauss

  3. gravitational constant

  4. physics conductance

  5. biochem guanine

  6. German

  7. Gibbs function

  8. giga

  9. good

  10. slang grand (a thousand dollars or pounds)

    1. general exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as suitable for viewing by anyone)

    2. ( as modifier )

      a G film

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

g 2 British  

symbol

  1. gallon(s)

  2. gram(s)

  3. acceleration of free fall (due to gravity) near the surface of the earth

  4. grav

  5. chess See algebraic notation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

G. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Gulf

  2. guilder(s)

  3. guinea(s)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

g 4 British  
/ dʒiː /

noun

  1. the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the modern English alphabet

  2. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This receptor was designed to activate G proteins directly inside mitochondria, which in turn stimulated mitochondrial activity.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

They are due to kick off their World Cup campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles on 15 June, before facing Belgium in the same city and then Egypt in Seattle, in Group G.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Weekend 2 of Coachella 2026 with headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G is in the books.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Between its Series G round at the end of September and the most recent Series H round in February, its post-money valuation grew from $8.1 billion to $23 billion, according to company documents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Either they have G or there’s bad news.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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