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K

//keɪ// character, intj, noun, num, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units wordnet
Character
  1. 1
    The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
  2. 2
    The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase

    "The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name)."

  3. 3
    The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river. letter, lowercase
Intj
  1. 1
    OK Internet, colloquial
  2. 2
    OK Internet, colloquial

    "K, dad, I'll go to my room."

Noun
  1. 1
    A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of contract. abbreviation, alt-of, informal
  3. 3
    street names for ketamine wordnet
  4. 4
    A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of kindergarten. US, abbreviation, alt-of

    ""K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade."

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  1. 6
    the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  2. 7
    kilometre or kilometres. colloquial

    "We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat."

  3. 8
    Abbreviation of kilo-, 1,000 or 1,024. abbreviation, alt-of, often

    "5k = 5,000"

  4. 9
    a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes wordnet
  5. 10
    thousand or thousands. colloquial

    "Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account."

  6. 11
    A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
  7. 12
    a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes wordnet
  8. 13
    The SI measurement value of 1,000
  9. 14
    Abbreviation of go ahead, over, an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited. abbreviation, alt-of
  10. 15
    the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites wordnet
  11. 16
    Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking. abbreviation, alt-of
  12. 17
    the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 wordnet
  13. 18
    Abbreviation of king. abbreviation, alt-of

    "1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)"

  14. 19
    a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite wordnet
  15. 20
    Abbreviation of carrying capacity. abbreviation, alt-of
  16. 21
    Abbreviation of Cretaceous. abbreviation, alt-of
  17. 22
    Abbreviation of knit. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1."

  18. 23
    Abbreviation of ketamine (a drug). abbreviation, alt-of, slang

    "At high levels of concentration of K in the blood, the observer/operator is cut off from his interlock with e.r., including the human consensus reality."

  19. 24
    Abbreviation of Köchel number. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Die Zauberflöte, K. 620"

  20. 25
    Abbreviation of Knighthood. UK, abbreviation, alt-of
  21. 26
    Abbreviation of capital. abbreviation, alt-of
  22. 27
    Abbreviation of black. abbreviation, alt-of
  23. 28
    Abbreviation of Kalashnikov. abbreviation, alt-of, slang

    "We used to run from the KKK but now we running from our brothers that be holding them K's."

  24. 29
    Abbreviation of kritik. abbreviation, alt-of
Numeral
  1. 1
    The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. lowercase
  2. 2
    The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script. uppercase

Etymology

Etymology 1

From kilo-.

Etymology 2

Clipping of OK.

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Etymology 4

Clipping of OK.

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