Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating 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).

What is a synonym for "q"?

Common synonyms include: 4to, 4to, qanon, quarto, quarto, quasar.

Q

//kjuː// character, det, name, noun, num, slang

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Definitions

Noun

1
Abbreviation of non-automatic qualification, indicating 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). abbreviation, alt-of
2
Abbreviation of question or questions. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
"Q and A"
3
A gadget master, gadget creator. slang
4
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
5
Abbreviation of question. abbreviation, alt-of
"We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖"

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6
Abbreviation of quarter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
7
Abbreviation of quarter.; A quarter ounce of a drug. UK, countable, slang, uncountable
"Yeah, alright, started with a Q, didn't wait in line"
8
Ellipsis of Q factor (“quality factor”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
9
Abbreviation of quasar. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
10
Abbreviation of qualified. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
11
American Library Association abbreviation of quarto (“book size”). countable, uncountable
12
Abbreviation of queen. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
"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 (=)"
13
Alternative letter-case form of q (“every”). alt-of, countable, uncountable

Character

1
The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. letter, lowercase
2
The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. letter, uppercase

Numeral

1
The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. lowercase
2
The seventeenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script. uppercase

Determiner

1
Each, every (with a time interval).
"175 mg/m² q 3 wks"

Proper Noun

1
Arthur Quiller-Couch.
2
Abbreviation of Quran. abbreviation, alt-of
3
The hypothetical common source (logion collection) of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (from German Quelle (“source”)); all the non-Marcan shared material in those gospels (not always considered a single document)
"In comparing Q 10:10–11 and Mark 6:11, there is no reliable way to determine which exact form of the saying is more primitive, the third person account of Mark or the direct speech recorded in Q."
4
Abbreviation of QAnon (“anonymous poster on anonymous online message boards who originated a pro-Trump conspiracy theory”). US, abbreviation, alt-of
"In this fantasy world, all of the far right’s wildest dreams come true: Q promises that Clinton, Obama, Podesta, Abedin, and even McCain are all either arrested and wearing secret police-issued ankle monitors, or just about to be indicted; that the Steele dossier is a total fabrication personally paid for by Clinton and Obama; and that the Las Vegas massacre was most definitely an inside job connected to the Saudi-Clinton cabal."
5
Nickname for Albuquerque: a city in New Mexico, United States. colloquial
"“So you’re from the Q?” he said. / “The Q?” said Donovan. / “Albuquerque,” said Jason."

Synonyms

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4to 4to qanon quarto quarto quasar

Antonyms

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DNQ

Example

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"We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your fave mem? (we know it's a hard q!) 👀💖"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Etymology 2

From Latin quaque (“every”).

Etymology 3

From Latin Q.

Etymology 4

Shortening

Etymology 5

From James Bond films, the quartermaster being codenamed Q, from the novels by Ian Flemming, where he created Q-branch, which creates secret devices hidden in plain sight, named after Q-ships, heavily armed merchantmen that look like normal merchantmen.

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