English Explanatory Dictionary

k

English dictionary entry

Meanings

character
  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
  2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
num
  1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  3. kilometre or kilometres.
  4. thousand or thousands.
  5. The SI measurement value of 1,000
intj
  1. OK
character
  1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of contract.
  2. Abbreviation of kindergarten.
  3. Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024.
  4. A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
  5. Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
  6. Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.
  7. Abbreviation of king.
  8. Abbreviation of carrying capacity.
  9. Abbreviation of Cretaceous.
  10. Abbreviation of knit.
  11. Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug).
  12. Abbreviation of Köchel number.
intj
  1. OK

Pronunciation

/keɪ/ en-us-k.ogg En-uk-k.ogg /k/ [kʰeɪ]

Word forms

k ks k's

Etymology

From kilo-.

Synonyms

'kay

Related words

letter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ace K actinium-K Chiney K Generation K K-10 K-bentonite K-cell K-Country K-culture K-factor K-feldspar K-food K-gun K-Hell K-Mag K-meson K of C K-particle K-pop K-Quarantine K-rat K-swap K-swapped K-T K to 10 K-Town K-wave

Derived words

401k 401(k) 56k k-adic k-adic notation k-algebra k-anonymity k-cell k-d tree k-essence k-line KLOC k-means clustering k-rad k-style k-value k-word kya kk kthxbye KPg KT K-hole Special K

Translations

Danish: K (konge) Dutch: H (heer) Estonian: K (kuningas) French: R German: K (König) Icelandic: K (köngur) Polish: K (król) Portuguese: R (rei) Russian: К Swedish: K (kung)
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