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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The Supreme Court has refused to lend its judgments to collusive litigation since Lord v.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chelsea v Brighton, meanwhile, was chosen by Sky for the Sunday.
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
I said the word question like it had a v in it.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Pointing out the perfect V formation, Ferguson would tell his players that each bird would take its turn to lead from the front as they embarked on a 4,000-mile migration in the winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
V, a member of pop sensation BTS, says he has been receiving treatment for hearing loss in one ear, an announcement that comes midway through the band's highly-anticipated world tour.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Local Spanish television station El Faro broadcast footage showing young people, including a 14-year-old girl, making the "V" sign for victory sign after crossing into the European nation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
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
But while researching his 1993 book “The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America’s Greatest Lawyer,” Cowan concluded that the evidence against Darrow in the jury-bribery scheme was strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
“Any idea what Briggs v. Elliott is? Sounds like a law case.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
In addition to Yassine, Louie, and Katritch, the study was led by co-first authors Anastasiia V. Sadybekov, Marlon Vincent Duro, and Shaowei Wang, all of USC.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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
There was nobody to do it except Uncle O. V., and he was the bereaved too.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
Surely someone will soon make the case that Operation Epic Fury is the greatest triumph of arms since Henry V’s longbowmen routed the superior French numbers at Agincourt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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
Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive more than a decade after Grand Theft Auto V’s 2013 release.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
I remember sitting on Mrs. V’s porch that very first time.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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
I always say don’t do the five Vs all at once, because people who are intense like myself will want to do everything at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
The announcement comes after Mr Bates Vs the Post Office drew in more than 10 million viewers and dominated the headlines last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
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
He took a slurp of his coffee from a white mug that said in black letters, Virginia is for lovers, hearts replacing all the Vs.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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
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
The teacher tells her all the time not to talk so funny, not to get her t's and d's and her v's and w's mixed.
From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Helen Mason Groce
In this yere fel the grettest snowe that evere was seyn before this tyme; wherfore a vercyfyer made in metre thise vers: v’s’.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
They “ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right,” he concluded in Obergefell vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
To Ilana Redstone, a sociologist who specializes in political polarization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, sociology’s troubles gained traction through the 1971 Supreme Court decision, Griggs vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
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From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The products being compared incorrectly, according to Novo, were Mounjaro vs.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
All over town, posters went up that read: Del Mar August 12, 1938 Seabiscuit vs.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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