Phrase guide

s.v.

noun · prep_phrase · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of SV.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

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Meaning relationships

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prep_phrase

Meaning 2

Used to refer to an entry in a dictionary or encyclopedia: under the word(s) [X]; at headword [X]; at entry [X].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • More information is available in Black's Law Dictionary s.v. mortgage.
  • Transcendentalism is a recent school of philosophy (Some Dictionary of Philosophy, s.v. Transcendentalism (School)).

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History

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin sub verbo or sub voce, plural sub verbis resp. sub vocibus.