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oct-

1
  1. variant of octa- or octo- before a vowel:

    octal.



oct.

2

abbreviation for

  1. octavo.

Oct.

3

abbreviation for

  1. October.

Oct

1

abbreviation for

  1. October


oct-

2

combining_form

  1. See octo-
    (used before a vowel) a variant of octo-

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Example Sentences

He may have been relieved to head for Westminster as a Member of Parliament on Oct. 1, 1386.

CJ Grisham, president of Open Carry Texas (OCT), was more forthcoming.

On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.

In an Oct. 31 poll from Washington, 12 percent of women claimed they were undecided about Initiative 502.

She and her family arrived in Lebanon on Oct. 17, 2012, at 1:34 p.m.—she marked it in her diary.

She had been taken up in Oct. 1556, for non-attendance, and released upon a strong injunction to mind her conduct.

By way of England we have dates from Montevideo to the 12th Oct.

They remained at Balmoral till the 10th Oct., on the morning of which day they departed for the South.

When the matter was brought into the Chamber (Oct. 13, 1902,) protests went up eloquently from a number of indignant deputies.

Convention of Oct. 11, 1909, regarding the international circulation of motor cars.

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