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• w
  w

  abbreviation

  watt; watts.
• W
  W

  noun

  the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
• w/
  w/

  abbreviation

  with.
• w.
  w.

  abbreviation

  warden.
• W.
  W.

  abbreviation

  Wales.

w

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. watt; watts.

2. withdrawn; withdrew.

3. withheld.

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W ² American  

[duhb-uhl-yoo, -yoo, duhb-yuh] / ˈdʌb əlˌyu, -yʊ, ˈdʌb yə /

Or w

noun

W's, plural Ws, plural w's, plural ws plural

1. the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter W or w, as in way, bewitch, or row.

3. something having the shape of a W .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter W or w.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter W or w.

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W ³ American  

abbreviation

1. watt; watts.

2. west.

3. western.

4. white.

5. wide.

6. widowed.

7. width.

8. withdrawn; withdrew.

9. withheld.

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W ⁴ American  

Symbol.

1. the 23rd in order or in a series.

2. Biochemistry. tryptophan.

3. Chemistry. tungsten.

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w/ ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. with.

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w. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. warden.

2. warehouse.

3. water.

4. watt; watts.

5. week; weeks.

6. weight.

7. west.

8. western.

9. wide.

10. width.

11. wife.

12. with.

13. won.

14. Physics. work.

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W. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Wales.

2. warden.

3. warehouse.

4. Washington.

5. watt; watts.

6. Wednesday.

7. weight.

8. Welsh.

9. west.

10. western.

11. width.

12. Physics. work.

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W. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Wales

2. Welsh

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w. ² British  

abbreviation

1. week

2. weight

3. width

4. wife

5. with

6. cricket

   1. wide

   2. wicket

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w ³ British  

/ ˈdʌbəlˌjuː /

noun

1. the 23rd letter and 18th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a bilabial semivowel, as in web

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W ⁴ British  

symbol

1. watt

2. West

3. physics work

4. chem tungsten

5. women's (size)

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w Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of width

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• W's
  plural
• Ws
  plural
• w's
  plural
• ws
  plural

Etymology

Origin of W

W ³ def. 3 from German Wolfram wolfram

Example Sentences

Larva of Ophiuran; e'-eiv arms, r' riv solid rods, v v' vibratile chord, w w' water system, b madreporic body, a d digestive system.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

Sir, you play harsher play w' your elder brother.

From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Fletcher, John

To illustrate, suppose we draw the radial lines w' w'' to embrace six degrees on the arc a.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

Must w' eat a Bit before we go?

From Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables by La Fontaine, Jean de

There's good men—and John Wesley among 'em—who lived w' one foot i' this world, and one in t' other.

From The Hallam Succession by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston