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US /viː/ UK /viː/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, or the Roman numeral for five

    She traced a careful V at the bottom of the worksheet.

Etymology

The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, derived from the Latin letter V, which itself came from the Ancient Greek upsilon (Y) and ultimately the Phoenician letter waw; V also serves as the Roman numeral for five.

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