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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After Sky Sports chose Fulham v Chelsea for live Premier League broadcast on Monday, 24 August, the potential for a knock-on impact was clear.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Looking at the legal backdrop, the piece highlights the Supreme Court’s 6‑3 decision in Learning Resources Inc. v.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The new bill would cap spending at $48.8 million, consisting of $21.3 million from the settlement of the House v.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The doctrine at the center of all this has a name: the Purcell principle, a term coined by Slate contributor Richard L. Hasen after a 2006 case, Purcell v.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Less than three years later, the Court reversed itself in Payne v.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Visa V 0.93%increase; green up pointing triangle is cutting 2,600 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce, as it works to adapt to the rapidly changing payments industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
That would exceed the lift capability of NASA's legendary Saturn V rocket.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
After the song, V told the fans, "Honestly, you should just join the tour with us".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"For many children, the school meal is the most nutrient-dense food they get all day," says Dr Vamshi V, a consultant in internal medicine at Gleneagles Aware Hospital in Hyderabad.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The Retrieval Squad adopted the V goose formation with Root on point.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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
The court states that the “underlying case” is “The People of the State of California v. David Burke,” pending in the 506th District Court of Waller County, Texas, with Judge Gary W. Chaney presiding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
This is where the lawful v. unlawful orders discussion you slept through at the War College becomes critical.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
“Look at Marbury v. Madison,” said Walker, the retired judge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“Briggs v. Elliott was a court case in Summerton, South Carolina, in the fifties. It challenged school segregation.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
A more sophisticated version of the Marxist model was developed in the 1930s by V. Gordon Childe, the archaeologist who first named the Neolithic Revolution and the Urban Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
Led by Jie V. Zhao, Yitang Sun, Junmeng Zhang, and Kaixiong Ye from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Georgia, the research team focused on phenylalanine and tyrosine.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
The one doctor who settled in Odessa during this period, Emmet V. Headlee, used the dining room of his home as an operating room.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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
Hundreds of fans, some whom flew in from overseas, gathered in front of Hybe's headquarters in central Seoul to celebrate RM's and V's return on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
The second half of the book gives the reader concrete steps to reclaim their joy using what you call the Five V’s: validation, venting, values, vitals and vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive more than a decade after Grand Theft Auto V’s 2013 release.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The geese flew south in long, wavering V’s.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
And Romesh Ranganathan has two citations in the best entertainment performance category - for Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle, and alongside Rob Beckett for Rob & Romesh Vs...
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
What do you say to that person who doesn’t know how to broach the five Vs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
So far, they have raised £24,500 for the Young Lives Vs Cancer charity, that supports Harry's family.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
Autumn's fungussy, berries’re manky, leaves're rusting, Vs of long-distance birds're crossing the sky, evenings’re smoky, nights're cold, autumn’s nearly dead.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
The art of subtle suggestion could hardly go further than in this line, where the alliterating v's, the mute e's, and the placing of the long syllables combine so wonderfully to produce the required effect.
From Books and Characters French and English by Giles Lytton Strachey
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
An’ here you are as regardless of your v’s as if they’d no connection wi’ the alphabet.”
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
But that territorial dispute spread through the airwaves as part of a bigger national rivalry - East Coast vs West Coast rap.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Don’t miss: Robinhood’s new $695 Platinum card vs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
US actress Kaylee Hottle, who starred in the Godzilla vs Kong movie series, has died in a car crash at age 18.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Partner organizations also include Make the Road New Jersey, 50501, People vs the Machines and South Asians for America, according to a press release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Instead of playing parpartuni, he and his friends were playing Army vs.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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