"q" meaning in English

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Character

IPA: /kjuː/ [letter, name], /k/ [phoneme] Audio: en-us-q.ogg [General-American], en-uk-q.ogg [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Q [uppercase], qs [plural], q's [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|Q|plural|qs|or|q's}} q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or q's), {{en-letter}} q (lower case, upper case Q, plural qs or q's)
  1. The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase Categories (topical): English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-q-en-character-hK6OB-Z- Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English determiners: 44 8 9 1 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 26 3 33 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], C [Latin, letter], c [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Y [Latin, letter], y [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

IPA: /kjuː/ [letter, name], /k/ [phoneme] Audio: en-us-q.ogg [General-American], en-uk-q.ogg [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Latin quaque (“every”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|quaque||every}} Latin quaque (“every”) Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} q, {{en-det}} q
  1. (medicine) Each, every (with a time interval). Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: qh, QD
    Sense id: en-q-en-det-H45-Ie6H Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 4 11 5 1 5 4 2 4 1 5 5 3 7 5 3 5 4 3 1 1 9 3 3 5 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /kjuː/ [letter, name], /k/ [phoneme] Audio: en-us-q.ogg [General-American], en-uk-q.ogg [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: q's [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Abbreviation. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en}} Abbreviation Head templates: {{en-noun|q's}} q (plural q's)
  1. (athletics) Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification: indicates an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: non-automatic qualification (extra: indicates an athlete who qualifies to the next round either by time as a fastest loser (in track events) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (in field events)) Categories (topical): Athletics
    Sense id: en-q-en-noun-wXrhDD8Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 26 3 33 Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Abbreviation of question. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: question
    Sense id: en-q-en-noun-sUe9ucno
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Q, DNQ, DNS, DNF, DSQ, DQ
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /kjuː/ [letter, name], /k/ [phoneme] Audio: en-us-q.ogg [General-American], en-uk-q.ogg [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Q [uppercase]
Rhymes: -uː Head templates: {{head|en|numeral symbol|lower case||upper case|Q||q|||sc=}} q (lower case, upper case Q), {{en-number|lower=q|upper=Q}} q (lower case, upper case Q)
  1. The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. Tags: alt-of, lowercase, number, ordinal Alternative form of: seventeenth (extra: derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script) Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers, English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-q-en-num-p9Hoso4E Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English determiners: 44 8 9 1 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 26 3 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "175 mg/m² q 3 wks ― 175 mg/m² every three weeks"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Each, every (with a time interval)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Each, every (with a time interval)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kjuː/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cue"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "queue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/k/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-q.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/En-us-q.ogg/En-us-q.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-q.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-q.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-uk-q.ogg/En-uk-q.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-uk-q.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "q"
}
{
  "called_from": "XYZunsorted",
  "msg": "q/English/num: invalid tag 'number' not in valid_tags (or uppercase_tags): {\"categories\": [\"English 1-syllable words\", \"English determiners\", \"English entries with incorrect language header\", \"English lemmas\", \"English letters\", \"English numeral symbols\", \"English terms derived from Latin\", \"English terms with IPA pronunciation\", \"English terms with audio links\", \"English terms with homophones\", \"Pages with raw sortkeys\", \"Rhymes:English/u\\u02d0\", \"Rhymes:English/u\\u02d0/1 syllable\"], \"etymology_number\": 1, \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"Q\", \"tags\": [\"uppercase\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"en\", \"10\": \"\", \"2\": \"numeral symbol\", \"3\": \"lower case\", \"4\": \"\", \"5\": \"upper case\", \"6\": \"Q\", \"7\": \"\", \"8\": \"q\", \"9\": \"\", \"sc\": \"\"}, \"expansion\": \"q (lower case, upper case Q)\", \"name\": \"head\"}, {\"args\": {\"lower\": \"q\", \"upper\": \"Q\"}, \"expansion\": \"q (lower case, upper case Q)\", \"name\": \"en-number\"}], \"lang\": \"English\", \"lang_code\": \"en\", \"pos\": \"num\", \"senses\": [{\"alt_of\": [{\"extra\": \"derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script\", \"word\": \"seventeenth\"}], \"categories\": [\"English ordinal numbers\"], \"glosses\": [\"The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.\"], \"links\": [[\"ordinal\", \"ordinal\"], [\"seventeenth\", \"seventeenth\"], [\"letter\", \"letter\"], [\"alphabet\", \"alphabet\"], [\"cue\", \"cue#English\"]], \"tags\": [\"alt-of\", \"lowercase\", \"number\", \"ordinal\"]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/kju\\u02d0/\", \"tags\": [\"letter\", \"name\"]}, {\"rhymes\": \"-u\\u02d0\"}, {\"homophone\": \"cue\"}, {\"homophone\": \"queue\"}, {\"ipa\": \"/k/\", \"tags\": [\"phoneme\"]}, {\"audio\": \"en-us-q.ogg\", \"mp3_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/En-us-q.ogg/En-us-q.ogg.mp3\", \"ogg_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-q.ogg\", \"tags\": [\"General-American\"], \"text\": \"Audio (GA)\"}, {\"audio\": \"en-uk-q.ogg\", \"mp3_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-uk-q.ogg/En-uk-q.ogg.mp3\", \"ogg_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-uk-q.ogg\", \"tags\": [\"Received-Pronunciation\"], \"text\": \"Audio (RP)\"}], \"word\": \"q\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "num",
  "title": "q",
  "trace": ""
}

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