Standard Lemma guide

CTC

name · noun · phrase · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Children's Theater Company, a company in Minneapolis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of California Transportation Commission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of city technology college.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of centralised/centralized traffic control.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of circulating tumor cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 2018—Mursina, Kate (8 February 2018): "Teasing Out Circulating Tumor DNA". ClinicalOMICs. An ability to etect (sic) circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or cell-free cancer DNA (cfDNA) in blood or saliva opens possibilities to suspect cancer even before it is visible on radiological images.

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of closed timelike curve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of certified true copy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of child tax credit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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phrase

Meaning 9

Initialism of care to chat?.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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verb

Meaning 10

Initialism of Check The Classification, given to films to allow advertising prior to their official classification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Qualifier: film classification

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 11

Install or convert to Centralized Traffic Control.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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noun

Meaning 12

an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Counterterrorist Center

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.