cc

¹

[ see-see ]

noun

1. carbon copy ( def 1 ).

verb (used with object)

, cc'ed or 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

abbreviation for

1. closed caption; closed-captioned; closed captioning.
2. Creative Commons.

cc

³

abbreviation for

1. copies.
2. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.

CC

⁴

Symbol.

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

Cc

⁵

abbreviation for

1. cirrocumulus.

cc.

⁶

or c.c.

abbreviation for

1. carbon copy ( def 1 ).
2. chapters.
3. copies.
4. cubic centimeter; cubic centimeters.

C.C.

⁷

or c.c.

abbreviation for

1. carbon copy ( def 1 ).
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

abbreviation for

1. carbon copy or copies
2. close corporation
3. cubic centimetre(s)

cc.

²

abbreviation for

1. chapters

cc

³

the internet domain name for

1. Cocos Islands

CC

⁴

abbreviation for

1. City Council
2. (in Britain) Competition Commission
3. County Council
4. Cricket Club
5. Companion of the Order of Canada

cc

1. Abbreviation of cubic centimeter

cc

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cc¹

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

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

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

From Scientific American

If you have naloxone in a vial, you’ll need to put 1 cc of the medicine into the syringe included in the kit.

From Los Angeles Times

The data breaches occurred when defence staff emailed people covered by Arap but used the 'carbon copy' - or cc - button instead of 'blind carbon copy' field to anonymise the recipients.

From BBC

The platform’s closed captioning hashtag, #cc, sits at more than 4 billion views.

From Los Angeles Times

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