C
characternumeralsymbolnounproper nounnounverbadjectivecommon in dialogue
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The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
character
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The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
numeral
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The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
symbol
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A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
noun
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slangOne hundred dollars; a c-note.
I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.
Five C's. Straight in-and-out job. Nothing fancy.
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The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
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An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
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Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
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slangCocaine.
Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.
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slangCunt.
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.
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Variant of consonantAbbreviation of consonant.
The standard syllable structure of Lang Belta is CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant), but there are also syllables without one or both of these consonants. Therefore, other possible structures are: initial V, initial CV, and VC. For example, V ereluf ‘air’, VC unte ‘and’, CV xalte ‘to stay’, and CVC ereluf ‘air’.
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Variant of ConservativeAbbreviation of Conservative.
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Variant of centuryAbbreviation of century.
Symbolism was a 19C literary and artistic movement.
Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-Cs, in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.
Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21stC democracy.
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Variant of centerAbbreviation of center.
proper noun
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A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
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Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
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Variant of the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSESymbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.
Citigroup (C) CEO Michael Corbat, who also went last year, has withdrawn.
Etymology
The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.
noun
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Variant of costaAbbreviation of costa.
Etymology
Abbreviations.
verb
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Variant of seeAbbreviation of see.
Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?
adjective
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With sugar and evaporated milk added.
Etymology
Uncertain. Either from Hainanese 鮮 /鲜 (si²³, “fresh”), short for 鮮奶 (“fresh milk”), Malay cair (“melted”) referring to evaporated milk, or an abbreviation of Carnation, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.
Forms
- plural
- Cs, C's
C · The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
C. · Century.cab · A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.Cab · A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.