"POC" meaning in English

See POC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} POC
  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Philippine Olympic Committee. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Philippine Olympic Committee
    Sense id: en-POC-en-name-QI4he1IW Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Philippine English, Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13

Noun

Forms: POCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} POC (countable and uncountable, plural POCs)
  1. Initialism of proof of concept. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: proof of concept
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-EBLwWkX5 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13
  2. Initialism of point of contact. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: point of contact
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-Y6iEFjzk Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13
  3. (accounting) Initialism of percentage of completion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: percentage of completion Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-jS~qeW6C Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: accounting, business, finance
  4. (medicine) Initialism of point of care. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: point of care Categories (topical): Medicine, Social justice
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-bauAp4VJ Disambiguation of Social justice: 26 5 6 5 44 3 6 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 7 10 39 2 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 8 5 6 45 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 4 2 3 52 2 1 4 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13 Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (nautical) Initialism of port of call. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: port of call Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-LBYU1gy3 Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. Initialism of person of color or people of color. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, person, uncountable Alternative form of: color or people of color
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-vFakfzzs Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13
  7. (slang, vulgar) Initialism of piece of crap. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable, vulgar Alternative form of: piece of crap
    Sense id: en-POC-en-noun-MHH9iQ6n Categories (other): Multiracial Disambiguation of Multiracial: 15 13 13 6 13 13 16 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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