q

English dictionary entry

Meanings

character
  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events).
  2. Abbreviation of question.
det
  1. Each, every (with a time interval).
character
  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of question or questions.
  2. Abbreviation of quarter.
  3. A quarter ounce of a drug.
  4. Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”).
  5. Abbreviation of quasar.
  6. Abbreviation of qualified.
  7. American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”).
  8. Abbreviation of queen.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”).
name
  1. Arthur Quiller-Couch.
  2. Abbreviation of Quran.
  3. The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
  4. Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”).
  5. Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States.
noun
  1. A gadget master, gadget creator.

Pronunciation

/kjuː/ en-us-q.ogg en-uk-q.ogg /k/ /kju/ en-us-queue.ogg en-au-queue.ogg /kjʉː/

Word forms

q qs q's

Etymology

Abbreviation.

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