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• MV
  MV

  main verb.
• mV
  mV

  millivolt; millivolts.
• Mv
  Mv

  mendelevium.
• m.v.
  m.v.

  abbreviation

  market value.
• mv
  mv

  abbreviation

  mezzo voce

MV

¹ American  

1. main verb.

2. megavolt; megavolts.

3. motor vessel.

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mV ² American  

1. millivolt; millivolts.

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Mv ³ American  

1. Symbol, Chemistry. mendelevium.

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m.v. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. market value.

2. mean variation.

3. Music. mezza voce.

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MV ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. motor vessel

2. muzzle velocity

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symbol

1. megavolt

mv ² British  

abbreviation

1. mezzo voce

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mv ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Maldives

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Example Sentences

Earlier on Monday, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander issued an order formally preventing the MV Smyrtos from leaving the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Twenty-four crew members remain on the vessel, the MV Smyrtos, which is being held off the coast of Weymouth.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

The first part of the whale-detection network was installed on Angel Island, with the second planned MV Lyra, a vessel operated by SF Bay Ferry connecting Vallejo to downtown San Francisco, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Oceanwide Expeditions is dealing with a deadly hantavirus outbreak that occurred on a recent voyage of its MV Hondius ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

As in 1934, at 1:00 p.m. a ferry—this year the MV Chippewa—departed the University of Washington’s Oceanographic Dock with a full load of students and the school’s marching band.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown