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• z
  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

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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

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 = 4, 16, 37, 58, 89, 145, 42 or 20, then ijk is a sad number.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2023

“Z zzzz zz zzzz zz zzzzz z zzzzzzzzz, Zzzzzz.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In fact, Gen Z is twice as likely as millennials to say one person typically pays most group expenses and gets reimbursed later, according to the Zelle Avoidance Economy Report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

On my lap was a journal Jasmine got me for my birthday, which had a Z made of flowers on the cover, and a purple pen.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

“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

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

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

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

“Gen Z’s focus on investing may therefore reflect a thoughtful rent-versus-buy decision while still building wealth for the future.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The picture that emerges from a recent survey is more conventional than Generation Z’s reputation for speculative investing might suggest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But Freek Wallagh, a 28-year-old artist and organizer based in Amsterdam, said he sees a lack of Gen Z’s interest in Burning Man as a “sign of the times.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 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

Z’s hands squeezed the wires he was holding so hard that Frankie was amazed they didn’t cut into his flesh.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

While the Gym Group reported 44% of Gen Zs saying they work out to socialise with friends in 2025, compared with 37% the previous year.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers debate one of the great questions of our time: Do Gen Zs even get checks?

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

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

But snoozing was rarely a main selling point for them until a few years ago, when resorts everywhere began offering accommodations and services aimed at curing people of their deficit of z's.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019

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

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

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

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