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  z

  abbreviation

  zone.
• Z
  Z

  noun

  the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• z.
  z.

  abbreviation

  zero.

z

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. zone.

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z ² American  

Symbol, Mathematics.

1. an unknown quantity or variable.

2. (in Cartesian coordinates) the z- axis.

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Z ³ American  

[zee, zed, iz-erd] / zi, zɛd, ˈɪz ərd /

Or z

noun

• Z's,
  plural
• Zs,
  plural
• z's,
  plural
• zs
  plural

1. the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer.

3. something having the shape of a Z .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter Z or z.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Z or z.

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Z ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Astronomy. zenith distance.

2. zone.

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Z ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the 26th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 2000.

3. Chemistry, Physics. atomic number.

4. Electricity. impedance.

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z. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. zero.

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Z ¹ British  

symbol

1. any unknown, variable, or unspecified factor, number, person, or thing

2. chem atomic number

3. physics impedance

4. zone

5. currency zaïre

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abbreviation

1. Zambia (international car registration)

z ² British  

/ ziː, zɛd /

noun

1. the 26th and last letter and the 20th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced alveolar fricative, as in zip

3. 1. something shaped like a Z

   2. ( in combination )

      a Z-bend in a road

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z ³ British  

symbol

1. the z- axis or a coordinate measured along the z- axis in a Cartesian or cylindrical coordinate system

2. an algebraic variable

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z Idioms  

1. see from soup to nuts (a to z).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Z's
  plural
• Zs
  plural
• z's
  plural
• zs
  plural

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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This newly identified galaxy sits at z = 1.156, which means its light has traveled for 8.5 billion years to reach us.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

For example: “If we do this, could it prevent us from reaching the revenue target because x, y and z might happen?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

“There are thousands of group chats like this where gen z people talk like that,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2025

Fyfield Manor, near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, posted a video to its TikTok page on Monday with the caption: "When you ask your gen z daughter to write the marketing script."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

Soon as Hype hands him a mic, he says, “It’s your boy Milez with a z, the Swagerific prince!”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Gen Z investors are turning out to be hyper-engaged, highly communicative, and more connected to their financial advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Gen Z and Gen Alpha deserve a glimmer of it, a reminder that they can lib out even harder as they inherit the earth.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

From an Ethiopian-born Gen Z congresswoman to candidates with Nigerian heritage, several other politicians with African roots won in this year's midterms.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

In the pathetic galaxy of Gen Z men, anything from mid-century magazine ads to a Disney-owned sci-fi epic for children can be a stand in for their cultural grievances.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

The letters A through Z are printed in bold capitals around the rim of the rotor.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

“Miles, without a z. My apologies for the stuff I said about your dad in our battle.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

C. z. zodius is known to occur in the foot hills north of the Cerro Viejo, the mountain from which C. g. atratus was described above.

From Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico by Robert J. Russell

J, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, y, z. until you have covered all the consonants.

From What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan

This is always a case simply of imperfections in h and z. a.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer

For further details, see C. Rose, Beitr. z. vergl.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

It’s also a media hub with offices and studios for businesses including Sirius XM, Spotify, Sony Music Publishing and Jay Z’s Roc Nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Gen Z returned to theaters for “Backrooms,” an eerie joint that cashed in on Gen Z’s infatuation with liminal spaces, and opened with an estimated $81.5 million at the domestic box office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Kyla Scanlon and other financial commentators have warned about Gen Z’s tendency toward financial nihilism — the idea that widespread economic pessimism is pushing more young people to take extreme risks with their money.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

This is, in part, why I’m surprised at Gen Z’s dismissal of Holden Caulfield as a whiny white rich-kid hypocrite.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Z’s jaw clenched, and Diana gave the guy a satisfied smile.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

One man who has captured the attention of many Gen Zs is Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Lin’s fellow Gen Zs, as well as millennials, are taking to premium credit cards at a particularly rapid pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

But when Gen Zs talk about their yearning to yearn, it’s not necessarily about a need to reshape existing stories to their specifications, but about whatever arrangement of words and attitudes resonates with them.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026

For some digital-native Gen Zs, it seems, simply doing the things they enjoy can be an alternative to the tyranny of the swipe.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025

By Family to Fashion I was beginning to wonder about going the other way: starting on the Zs and working backwards.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

It’s like a mini sensory deprivation pod, perfect for catching some z’s mid-flight.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

Horses have specialized anatomical features that enable them to stay on their hooves while catching some z's.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023

Further research will be required to demonstrate that other kinds of sharks catch underwater z’s like the draughtsboard shark.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Next to my bed, I played an eight-hour recording of someone snoring like a runaway freight train, while I wore the Sleepbuds to see whether I could still catch some z’s.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018

Namely, because Pacheco could not stand the way Onofre, reading aloud in Spanish, pronounced his c s and z’s.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

This is Siesta of a Hungarian Snake: s sz sz SZ sz SZ sz Zs zs Zs zs zs z Morgan was born into a middle-class family in Hyndland, in Glasgow's west end.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2010

Almost immediately, on a shortwave band, they can hear someone talking in a strange language full of zs and s’s.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

They think if they talk like they had an egg in there mouth an put in lots of zs its French.

From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by G. William Breck

C or cz is pronounced as English ts; cs as English ch; ds as English j; zs as French j; gy as dy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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