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W. abbreviation

1. Wales
2. Welsh

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

W, w /ˈdʌbəlˌyu, -yʊ/   n. [countable] , pl. Ws or W's, ws or w's. 

1. Linguistics the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.

W,  an abbreviation of:

1. Electricity watt.
2. Geography west.
3. western.
4. wide.
5. width.

w,  an abbreviation of:

1. Electricity watt.
2. with.

W.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Electricity watt.
2. Wednesday.
3. weight.
4. Geography west.
5. Geography western.
6. width.

w.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Electricity watt.
2. week.
3. weight.
4. Geography west.
5. Geography western.
6. wide.
7. Weights and Measures width.
8. wife.
9. with.
10. Physics work.

w/,  an abbreviation of:

1. with.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

W, w  (dub′əl yo̅o̅′, -yŏŏ; rapidly dub′yə), n., pl. W's or Ws, w's or ws. 

1. the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter W or w, as in way, bewitch, or row.
3. something having the shape of aW.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter W or w.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter W or
   w.

W, 

1. Electricity watt;
   watts.
2. Geography west.
3. western.
4. white.
5. wide.
6. widowed.
7. width.
8. withdrawn;
   withdrew.
9. withheld.

W,  Symbol.

1. the 23rd in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 22nd.
2. [Chem.] tungsten.
• German Wolfram wolfram
3. [Biochem.] tryptophan.

w, 

1. Electricity watt;
   watts.
2. withdrawn;
   withdrew.
3. withheld.

W., 

1. Wales.
2. warden.
3. warehouse.
4. Washington.
5. Electricity watt;
   watts.
6. Wednesday.
7. weight.
8. Welsh.
9. Geography west.
10. Geography western.
11. width.
12. Physics work.

w., 

1. warden.
2. warehouse.
3. water.
4. Electricity watt;
   watts.
5. week;
   weeks.
6. weight.
7. Geography west.
8. Geography western.
9. wide.
10. Weights and Measures width.
11. wife.
12. with.
13. won.
14. Physics work.

w/, 

1. with.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

w. abbreviation

1. week
2. weight
3. width
4. wife
5. with
6. wide
7. wicket