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  • q.v.
    q.v.
    abbreviation
    (in prescriptions) as much as you wish.
  • qv
    qv
    abbreviation
    quod vide

q.v.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) as much as you wish.


q.v. 2 American  

abbreviation

qq.v plural
  1. (used in formal writing after a cross reference) which see.


qv British  

abbreviation

  1. quod vide

"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 q.v.1

From Latin quantum vīs

Origin of q.v.2

From Latin quod vidē

Example Sentences

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Plymouth Council was not trying to register either of the holiday lodges with Ofsted - but just wanted to keep QV in them until a secure-home place became available.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021

The urgent referral list for secure places has reached record levels, as Mr Justice Macdonald noted in his judgment for FJ and QV:

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021

Charles Benson, a customer at the QV store in Hayneville, outside Montgomery, where the shooting occurred, told the Montgomery Advertiser he saw everything.

From Fox News • Nov. 25, 2019

Steve Jarrett, commander of state troopers’ Montgomery post, later confirmed to reporters that the shooting took place at the QV station, and that William Chase Johnson was the only suspect at the time.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2019

Steve Jarrett, the commander of state troopers’ Montgomery post, later confirmed to reporters that the shooting took place at the QV station, and that Johnson was the only suspect at the time.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2019

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