any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove. something having the form of a V . a written or printed representation of the letter V or v. a device, as a printer's type, for …

V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.

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 …

The common basic symbols are I (=1), V (=5), X (=10), L (=50), C (=100), D (=500), and M (=1000). The Roman numerals for one to nine are: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX.

V, v (vi) n., pl. Vs V's, vs v's. 1. the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter.

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V meaning: 1 : the 22nd letter of the English alphabet; 2 : the Roman numeral that means five

v preposition (AGAINST) (also vs.) used to show the two sides involved in a court case: the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v Wade

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