"KC" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: K.C. [alternative], K. C. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} KC
  1. (initialism) Kansas City Tags: initialism
    Sense id: en-KC-en-name-jgT1HGs8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: KCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KC (plural KCs)
  1. Initialism of King's Counsel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: King's Counsel
    Sense id: en-KC-en-noun-wipdr67z
  2. (Unicode) Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition Related terms (in Unicode): C, D, KD, NF
    Sense id: en-KC-en-noun-0QURx~HS Categories (other): Unicode, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 31 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 18 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 17 59 Disambiguation of 'in Unicode': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: NFKC
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "K.C.",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "K. C.",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "Kansas City"
      ],
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      "links": [
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        "(initialism) Kansas City"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "KC"
}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "NFKC"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "King's Counsel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:",
          "text": "\"How about a K.C.?\" Well, they don't plead in police courts.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 July 24, “Network News: Labour's new team at DfT packed with railway experience”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9:",
          "text": "A leading KC who as a young barrister represented the Association of London Authorities at the Fennell Inquiry into the King's Cross fire, he is associated with Labour's Corbynite left.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Unicode",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 31 59",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "29 18 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 17 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition"
      ],
      "id": "en-KC-en-noun-0QURx~HS",
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          "compatibility#English"
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        [
          "Decomposition",
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        [
          "Composition",
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        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Unicode",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Unicode) Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "in Unicode",
          "word": "C"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "in Unicode",
          "word": "D"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "in Unicode",
          "word": "KD"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "sense": "in Unicode",
          "word": "NF"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "KC"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
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      "form": "K.C.",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "K. C.",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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          "Kansas City"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English words without vowels",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "NFKC"
    }
  ],
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      "sense": "in Unicode",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "in Unicode",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "in Unicode",
      "word": "KD"
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    {
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      "word": "NF"
    }
  ],
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          "word": "King's Counsel"
        }
      ],
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        "English initialisms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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          "text": "\"How about a K.C.?\" Well, they don't plead in police courts.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 July 24, “Network News: Labour's new team at DfT packed with railway experience”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 9:",
          "text": "A leading KC who as a young barrister represented the Association of London Authorities at the Fennell Inquiry into the King's Cross fire, he is associated with Labour's Corbynite left.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "tags": [
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        "en:Unicode"
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        "Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition"
      ],
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          "Compatibility",
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        ],
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          "Decomposition",
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        ],
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          "Composition",
          "composition#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Unicode",
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        "(Unicode) Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "KC"
}

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