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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 withdrawn; withdrew.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 withdrawn; withdrew.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

How b'ye, then, John, to-night; an' how Be times a-waggèn on w' ye now?

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William

O my dear friend, my brother! w' are undone.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

Also the center piece, w', fitting upon and covering the screw bolt and nut which confine the pillar to the base, substantially as shown and described.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

Whiles, when you deal w' a man and he tells you more than you think he can do, you come to distrust him altogether.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

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