v
abbreviation
V
2
American
[vee]
/ vi /
Or
v
noun
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V's,
plural
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Vs,
plural
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v's,
plural
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vs
plural
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the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove.
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something having the form of a V .
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a written or printed representation of the letter V or v.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter V or v.
V
3
American
V
4
American
Symbol.
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the 22nd in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for five.
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Chemistry. vanadium.
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Biochemistry. valine.
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Physics. electric potential.
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(especially during World War II) the symbol of Allied victory.
v.
5
American
abbreviation
v.
6
American
abbreviation
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valve.
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(in personal names) van.
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vector.
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vein.
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ventral.
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verb.
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verse.
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version.
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verso.
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versus.
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very.
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vicar.
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vice.
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village.
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violin.
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vision.
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vocative.
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voice.
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volt.
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voltage.
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volume.
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(in personal names) von.
V.
7
American
abbreviation
V.
8
American
abbreviation
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valve.
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Venerable.
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verb.
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verse.
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version.
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versus.
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very.
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Vicar.
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vice.
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Village.
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violin.
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Virgin.
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Viscount.
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vision.
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visual acuity.
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vocative.
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volume.
v.
1
British
abbreviation
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verb
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verse
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version
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verso
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(usually italic) versus
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very
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vide
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vocative
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volume
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von
V
2
British
symbol
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(in transformational grammar) verb
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volume (capacity)
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volt
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chem vanadium
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luminous efficiency
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victory
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five See Roman numerals
abbreviation
v
3
British
/ viː /
noun
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the 22nd letter and 17th consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced labio-dental fricative, as in vote
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something shaped like a V
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( in combination ) See also V-sign
a V neck
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V.
4
British
abbreviation
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Venerable
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(in titles) Very
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(in titles) Vice
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Viscount
v
5
British
symbol
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physics velocity
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specific volume (of a gas)
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of v.5
From the Latin word vidē
Origin of V.7
From the Latin word vidē
Example Sentences
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From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
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From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
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From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
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From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
The 20-year-old played a pivotal role as China beat hosts Japan to win the final of horror survival game "Identity V" in Nagoya.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The research is supported by a highly competitive Translational Research Grant from the V Foundation awarded to Datta and his team.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Kenneth Branagh, the British actor whose career has been built on weighty roles such as Shakespeare's Henry V, is perhaps an unlikely action hero.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
She turned in toward Mapper and made the V and C sign against her chest.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Reports of his end have been greatly exaggerated: “Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the Supreme Court’s opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, is retiring, the court announced Tuesday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Listed among dozens of cases the justices chose not to weigh in on was "Trump, President of US v. Carroll, E. Jean".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
This is where the lawful v. unlawful orders discussion you slept through at the War College becomes critical.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
While you’ll never find tracks like “laughing and not being normal” or “Kill v. Maim” on algorithmically generated “breezy SoCal summer” playlists, the effect of a bigger budget and some fresh air is obvious.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
“I just came to let you all know that the Supreme Court just ruled on Brown v. Board of Education, and you will be going to school with white students in the future,” he said.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
There are several popular renditions of “The Odyssey” written in prose, such as E. V. Rieu’s 1946 translation, which according to Penguin focuses on the clarity of the storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 1966, he led the workers on an illegal strike, paralyzing the city and its idealistic new mayor, John V. Lindsay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Economists have long employed an alphabet’s worth of shapes to describe the U.S. economy, whether it’s an E, K, W, U, L or V. But what are the implications of an E-shaped economy in 2026?
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026
But tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, who chairs several major utilities companies, backed the emergency powers.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
When I read my first V. C. Andrews book, Dawn, I tried to write my own book.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the famous victory in 1415, when Henry V's Army defeated the French.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Jimin’s sophisticated synthpop, Jungkook’s neo-disco acrobatics, V’s misty R&B and Suga’s ferocious rapping all proved their mettle outside the context of the band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
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From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
When I got older, I went over to Mrs. V’s every afternoon after school.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
The bands had been building up to the joint tour announcement over the summer, framing the gigs as a battle of "Busted Vs McFly".
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
Mr Smart, the award-winning author of popular books Bunny Vs Monkey and Looshkin, said he hoped Red would be inspired to keep making "brilliant" comics after the "amazing reaction".
From BBC ● May 22, 2024
“Chocolate AP and chocolate the Vs, got the Willy Wonka factory / Burn a athlete like it’s calories, find another flame hot as me,” Scott raps in the track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
The project’s nature-themed name is making it easier for the topic to gain traction on social media than other oil projects with more technical-sounding names, said Cassidy DiPaolo, spokesperson for People Vs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
I work out, too, in my normal life and take a certain macho pride in the Vs of sweat that form on my T-shirt after ten minutes or more on the StairMaster.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2013
His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
She delivered her a little lecture in English, taking pains to produce the "th" and the American "r," though her "w's" were "v's."
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan
I once hypnotized a man and made him read all of his a's as w's, his u's as v's, and his b's as x's.
From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by A. Alpheus
I am ashamed of myself when I mix my v's and w's and use a t for a d.
From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Helen Mason Groce
It was a staggering defeat of a sailing behemoth, a Billie Jean King vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
If there’s one positive to come out of the controversial play and video from Saturday’s USC vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
JPMorgan’s market-intelligence team focused on short-term, or what’s called tactical, strategy, looking at daily sentiment, order flows and positioning, vs the more fundamental research the bank also provides.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hesmondhalgh, 56, who also appeared in Broadchurch and Mr Bates vs the Post Office, won't struggle to make friends with her warm personality.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was the day of the one baseball game I’d been dreading all year—East Shoal vs.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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