v

V is a consonant and the twenty-second letter in the English alphabet.

(noun)

An example of v is the first letter in the word "valentine."

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See v in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or V

noun pl. v's, V's

  1. the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet: from the Latin V, derived from one form of the Greek Y (upsilon): formerly used interchangeably in English with U both as a vowel and as a consonant, now only as a consonant
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (v) of vote
  3. a type or impression for v or V
  4. the twenty-second in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of v or V
  2. twenty-second in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

  1. Origin: L vice

    in the place of
  2. Origin: L vide

    see
  3. valve
  4. Math. vector
  5. velocity
  6. ventral
  7. verb
  8. verse
  9. version
  10. verso
  11. versus
  12. very
  13. village
  14. ☆ violin
  15. ☆ vise
  16. vocative
  17. voice
  18. volt(s)
  19. voltage
  20. volume
  21. Origin: Ger

    von

noun

a Roman numeral for 5

  1. velocity
  2. Venerable
  3. Vicar
  4. Vice
  5. victory
  6. Viscount
  7. volt(s)
  8. Physics volume

vanadium

See v in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or V

noun pl. v's v's or V's also vs or Vs
  1. The 22nd letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter v.
  3. The 22nd in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter V.

  1. The symbol for the element vanadium.
  2. Electricity The symbol for potential difference.
  3. also v The symbol for the Roman numeral 5.

abbreviation
  1. velocity
  2. victory
  3. vocative
  4. volt
  5. volume
  6. vowel

noun
A robot bomb deployed by the Germans in World War II.

Origin:

Origin: German Vergeltungswaffe eins, retaliation weapon (number) one

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noun
A long-range liquid-fuel rocket used by the Germans as a ballistic missile in World War II.

Origin:

Origin: German Vergeltungswaffe zwei, retaliation weapon (number) two

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noun
A V-engine having six cylinders.

noun
A V-engine having eight cylinders.

abbreviation
  1. verb
  2. verse
  3. version
  4. verso
  5. versus
  6. vide
  7. volume (book)

abbreviation
  1. venerable (in titles)
  2. very (in titles)
  3. a. viscount
    b. viscountess

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