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    LC
    abbreviation
  • L/C
    L/C
    letter of credit.
  • l.c.
    l.c.
    abbreviation
    in the place cited.
  • L.C.
    L.C.
    abbreviation
    Library of Congress.
  • lc
    lc
    abbreviation
    left centre (of a stage, etc)
Synonyms

LC

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. landing craft.

  2. Biology, Ecology. least concern.


L/C 2 American  
Or l/c
  1. letter of credit.


l.c. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. in the place cited.


l.c. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. left center.

  2. letter of credit.

  3. Printing. lower case.


L.C. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Library of Congress.


lc 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. left centre (of a stage, etc)

  2. loco citato

  3. printing lower case

"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

LC 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Library of Congress

"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

L/C 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. letter of credit

"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

lc 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Saint Lucia

"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

Etymology

Origin of l.c.

From Latin locō citātō

Example Sentences

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In 1901 it started to use the LC classification system for organizing materials by subject, and by 1950, it had created the National Union Catalog, shaping how research libraries store their holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

The collaboration also taps into a sense of nostalgia, which can’t be said for other major brands, like Betsey Johnson or LC Lauren Conrad, that also came out with food-shaped purses of their own.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2024

Understanding how a relatively small brain structure like the LC impacts such an important function as attention is also one step toward solving the overall puzzle of the brain.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

Art pieces sprinkled throughout the park include “Those Who Came Before Us,” by artist Lisa Jackson of the Suquamish Tribe, and “Community,” by LC Pitre.

From Seattle Times Apr. 14, 2024

A delicate and agonizing policy question for LC, however, which comes back to resources and unfortunately has an impact on this, is to find some appropriate, honorable, and legal cost-recovery possibilities.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress

This is suggested especially by Mark 1:35; and also by Isaiah 50:4-6 coupled with John 7:16 l.c.,

From Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

This has been well seen and expressed by W. Otto, l.c. p.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

De Marchi l.c. compares the common shrine of the Neapolitan lodging-house.

From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler

On the later history of the Catharist Church see my article "Novatian," l.c.,

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

Whilst Eucharist and love feast had already been separated from the middle of the 2nd century in the West, they were still united in Alexandria in Clement's time; see Bigg, l.c., p.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

As the small aircraft manufacturers that would eventually become, or be replaced by, Lockheed, Douglas and Northrop planted themselves on the West Coast, L.C.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2025

L.C. became the foundation for the lawsuit the Department of Justice levied against Georgia in 2010 that sought to force the state to fix its system.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2024

The Pioneers’ three wins last week included a nonconference victory over Richmond-area power L.C.

From Washington Post Jan. 30, 2023

Nunn identified some of the greatest untapped football talent in the country — Joe Greene, Donnie Shell, John Stallworth, L.C.

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2021

The first thing he saw was a green suit-case, with the initials L.C. painted on the lid.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

In the lower part of the figure the cortex has been cut away to show the axis, ax, and the longitudinal canals, lc, surrounding it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Cap Capitalize. lc Lower case; small letter. δ Delete; omit. stet Restore the words crossed out.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer

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