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C.C.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: C.C.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

C.C.

EnglishCity CouncilN/A

c.c.

FrenchCubique à corps centréN/A

c.c.

ItalianCorto circuitoN/A

c.c.

SpanishCorriente continuaElectrical Engineering
F.c.s.r.and c.c.EnglishFree of capture,seizure,riots and civil commotionsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Modern Usage: C.C.

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

C.C. and Company (1970)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: C.C.

DomainTitle

Books

  • C.C. Lockwood's Louisiana Nature Guide (reference)

  • Along the Riverbank: Chinese Paintings from the C.C. Wang Family Collection (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: C.C.

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

[Base of the brain] / S. Th. Soemmerring ad. nat. del. et pinx. C.C. Glassbach Fil. Sculps. Berolini. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Dr. Johann Jörg] / Schlick, 1847; gedr. v. C.C. Böhme. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Underway at sea off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 13 July 1973. Photographed by Chief Photographer's Mate C.C. Curtis. Credit: NAVY.

Lithograph by A. Hoffy, No. 41 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a sketch by C.C. Barton, U.S.N. It was "Designed and lithographed expressly for the Philada. Saturday Chronicle". Credit: NAVY.

Black C.C. or the three Judas's. Credit: Library of Congress.

Trim wherever you can -- C.C.. Credit: Library of Congress.

C.C. Dill, Dem. of Wash; Owen Young, Chairman of the R.C.A. and General Electric Co.; and Sen. James Couzens, Rep. of Mich., at hearing of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on radio law. Credit: Library of Congress.

C.C. Clay, half-length portrait, head slightly to the right. Credit: Library of Congress.

Colorado Springs from Point Sublime, Colorado, C.S. & C.C. [i.e. Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek] Short Line. Credit: Library of Congress.

Towards Duffield's from St. Peter's, Colorado, C.S. & C.C. [i.e. Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek] Short Line. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: C.C.

AuthorQuotation

C.c. Buxton

Of all vain things, excuses are the vainest.
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being cheerful and pleasant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: C.C.

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The effect was so strong until a few years ago Greek car buyers had their car choice "downsized" and many ended up with 600 c.c. cars, because they could not afford larger models. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: C.C.

"C.C." is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "C.C." is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Cardinal Number100%4650,285

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: C.C.

Language Translations for "C.C."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

tanács (advice, advise, advisement, board, council, counsel, cue, pointer, Rede, soviet, suggestion, syndicate), századparancsnok (company commander), megyei tanácsos (county councillor), megyei elsőfokú bíróság, megyei (county court), másodpéldány (carbon copy, double, swap, tally), krikett klub, kereskedelmi kamara (chamber of commerce), köbcentiméter, egyenáram (continuous current, direct current). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Bibliography


  

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