Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adv
Abbreviation of why.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang
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character
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, lowercase
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character
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, uppercase
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character
Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, uppercase
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intj
Abbreviation of yes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Clipping of YMCA or YWCA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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name
Obsolete form of IJ: a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Abbreviation of year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
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noun
A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, lepidopterology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Abbreviation of year (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal
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particle
Abbreviation of yes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wye
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
noun
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yttrium, atomic number 39
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Abbreviations.
Clippings.
See IJ.
