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w.

The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

character/ˈdʌbəl.juː/letter, name/ˈdʌbə.juː/letter, name/ˈdʌbiː.(j)uː/letter, name/ˈdʌb.juː/letter, name

  1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

    letter · lowercase
noun

  1. watt

  2. west

  3. witness

  4. work

  5. Abbreviation of win.

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adj

  1. wide

  2. white

  3. successful, admirable, good

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prep

  1. Abbreviation of with.

    Internet · abbreviation · alt-of

  2. with a wing (on the Enneagram)

    When Sharon took the Enneagram test, she came out as a 3w2.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.