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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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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

"A remarkable Ruby: Absorption in dense gas, rather than evolved stars, drives the extreme Balmer break of a Little Red Dot at z = 3.5" in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 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

If z = 1, then the three-digit number ijk is a happy number.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2023

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

This was the only method of transportation to become more common among Gen Z adults during this period.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bank of America’s private bank says four-in-ten family offices hold sports investments and that Gen Z and millennial principals are most likely to be interested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The artists’ perspective, filtered through a Gen Z lens, struck a multigenerational nerve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sports investing was especially popular among family offices with a Gen Z or millennial principal, according to a new study.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Mr. Trepid opened the door, indicating that it was time for Z to leave.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

“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

Pronounce the s like z. shame, etc., was ashamed and was quietly making a hole in the shingle roof so as to get away.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll

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

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

Only a mint green handbag and full sleeves of tattoos suggested that Gen Z’s reigning rock star had settled in to talk about his new album “Oh Yeah?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

How should employers respond to Gen Z’s ethical concerns about their work having a positive impact and aligning with their social values?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

One thing I’ve learned about Rondell is he can catch Z’s pretty much anywhere, anytime.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Credit-savvy and big-spending customers don’t represent all Gen Zs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

She said Amex is mostly targeting Gen Zs with the best credit scores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

That statistic was higher among Gen Zs and millennials, with 41 percent saying they rely heavily on food delivery.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026

At her book signings, she says "half the audience are Gen Zs".

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 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

The study found that Northern elephant seals sleep far less at sea than they do on land, and the z’s they do catch at sea are caught hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

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

Only Momma could decipher the lacy handwriting with its long, tall letters all bunched together and the lines running into one another because of the long-tailed, fancy z’s and f’s and g’s.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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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