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  • VG
    VG
    very good.
  • v.g.
    v.g.
    abbreviation
    for example.
  • V.G.
    V.G.
    abbreviation
    Vicar-General.
  • vg
    vg
    abbreviation
    very good

VG

1 American  
  1. very good.


v.g. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. for example.


V.G. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Vicar-General.


VG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Vicar General

"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

vg 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. very good

"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

vg 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. British Virgin Islands

"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 v.g.

From Latin verbī gratiā


Example Sentences

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Natural-gas exporter Venture Global VG -4.12%decrease; down pointing triangle is joining the race to provide power to the AI boom, aiming to build gas-fired generation at its facilities to supply electricity to data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

At the time of publication, Michael Brush owned MTDR, LNG and VG.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The following day, his ex-girlfriend, writing anonymously in Norwegian newspaper VG, said she "did not choose to be put in this position".

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

Lægreid told Norwegian newspaper VG that his relationship ended when he made his private confession last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

The stanza in VG is another example of ae freslige metre.

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister

To conclude: Let us examine any modes of action, v.g.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

The reprobate never experience v.g. the least real pleasure nor are they ever free from the hideous presence of one another.

From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery

MAN, is used to signify the thing; another, v.g.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

It reads: Tame, significat ni vel erga: v.g. ... where one would expect: Tame vel ni significat erga: v.g.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear

Secondly, All propositions wherein a part of the complex idea which any term stands for is predicated of that term, are only verbal: v.g. to say that gold is a metal, or heavy.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by John Locke

Dangote Industries has already started soil tests and is ordering equipment for the refinery, according to group vice president Devakumar V.G.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In a letter to the WHO dated Dec. 13, India's drugs controller general, V.G.

From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022

The war rooms collect data on hospital beds, ventilators and other factors, said Dr. Aneesh V.G., a medical officer in the district.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2021

The bottom-up measurement study was funded by grants from the following bodies: UK Natural Environment Research Council to V.G.

From Nature ● Dec. 3, 2017

Under "No. 3" Mr. Verdant Green had drawn a pencil line, and had written " V.G."

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede

At times you need meticulous planning, forward thinking and a keen eye for "vg" symbols on online restaurant menus.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023

E-Mili 1st 3 qs wasted but 4th was a vg one.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2013

The simple Caesar-cypher encryption that replaces each English letter with the one 13 places forward or back along the alphabet, so that "The butler did it!" becomes "Gur ohgyre qvq vg!"

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond

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