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cc

1 American  
[see-see] / ˈsiˈsi /

noun

  1. carbon copy.

verb (used with object)

cc'ed, cc'd, cc'ing

  1. to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to.

    I always cc my boss when I write a memo to my staff.

  2. to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to someone.

    Jim, please cc this to each of the department heads.
cc 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. copies.

  2. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.

Cc 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. cirrocumulus.

CC 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. closed caption; closed-captioned; closed captioning.

  2. Creative Commons.

CC 5 American  
Symbol.

  1. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than CCC and higher than C.

cc. 6 American  
Or c.c.

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy.

  2. chapters.

  3. copies.

  4. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.

C.C. 7 American  
Or c.c.

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy.

  2. cashier's check.

  3. chief clerk.

  4. circuit court.

  5. city council.

  6. city councilor.

  7. civil court.

  8. company commander.

  9. county clerk.

  10. county commissioner.

  11. county council.

  12. county court.

cc 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. carbon copy or copies

  2. close corporation

  3. cubic centimetre(s)

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cc 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Cocos Islands

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cc. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. chapters

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CC 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. City Council

  2. (in Britain) Competition Commission

  3. County Council

  4. Cricket Club

  5. Companion of the Order of Canada

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cc Scientific  

  1. Abbreviation of cubic centimeter

cc Cultural  

  1. An abbreviation for cubic centimeter — the volume of a cube that has edges one centimeter long.

Etymology

Origin of cc

Initialism for carbon copy; with reference to the former use of carbon paper to make copies, now replaced by electronic or photocopied documents

Example Sentences

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I started with a small 230 cc bike, kept my speed low and stuck to quiet residential streets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Other measures under consideration include requiring cars with 2,400 cc engine capacity and above to use 98-octane fuel, and requiring each vehicle to be carrying four people.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023

For comparison, H. sapiens brain size averages around 1,400 cc.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

The recessive c allele does not produce pigment, and a mouse with the homozygous recessive cc genotype is albino regardless of the allele present at the A locus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The name of Felix is preserved in Felixstowe, on the coast of Suffolk, and in Feliskirk, a Yorkshire village.249.Infra cc.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

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