y
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
y
noun
y
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of Y
1
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the 25th letter of the English alphabet
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a word that starts with a y
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a word that starts with y
2
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mathematics
— used to represent especially a second unknown quantity
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If x + y = 5 and x – y = 3, what are the values of x and y?
3
[noncount]
— used in the phrase x, y, and z to refer to the second thing in a group of three unnamed things
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People keep giving me advice about it, saying I should do x, y, and z.
4
[count]
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something that is shaped like a Y
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Turn left when you come to the Y. [=when the road/path splits like the top half of a Y]
5
the Y
US, informal
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the YMCA or the YWCA
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I'm going to the Y after work tonight.
