"EV" meaning in English

See EV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: E.V. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-prop}} EV
  1. Abbreviation of English Version (of the Bible) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: English Version (extra: of the Bible)
    Sense id: en-EV-en-name-zOj1~Pes
  2. Abbreviation of Early Version (of the Wycliffite Bible) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Early Version (extra: of the Wycliffite Bible)
    Sense id: en-EV-en-name-M4lLt2Wl

Noun

Forms: EVs [plural], E.V. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} EV (countable and uncountable, plural EVs)
  1. (automotive, countable) Initialism of electric vehicle (a type of road vehicle). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: electric vehicle (extra: a type of road vehicle)
    Sense id: en-EV-en-noun-en:electric_vehicle Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  2. (biology, countable) Initialism of extracellular vesicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: extracellular vesicle
    Sense id: en-EV-en-noun-en:extracellular_vesicle Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. (poker) Initialism of expected value. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: expected value
    Sense id: en-EV-en-noun-en:expected_value Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Poker Topics: card-games, poker
  4. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Initialism of estradiol valerate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: estradiol valerate
    Sense id: en-EV-en-noun-en:expected_value1 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Organic compounds, Pharmaceutical drugs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 14 4 4 4 26 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 17 9 6 5 26 13 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 16 6 5 5 31 16 17 Topics: chemistry, medicine, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, pharmacology, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: LEV (english: low emissions vehicle) Hyponyms: BEV (english: battery electric vehicle), FCEV (english: fuel cell electric vehicle), FCV (english: fuel cell vehicle), HEV (english: hybrid electric vehicle), PHEV (english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle), ZEV (english: zero emissions vehicle) Derived forms: BEV (english: battery electric vehicle), FCEV (english: fuel cell electric vehicle), HEV (english: hybrid electric vehicle), PHEV (english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle), PHEVLER (english: plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with long electric range) Related terms: ULEV (english: ultra low emissions vehicle)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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