Wiv

//wɪv// name, prep, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Wuhan Institute of Virology: a research institute on virology in Wuhan administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded in 1956. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "“This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.”"

Preposition
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of with. alt-of, informal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling

    "Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot."

Etymology

Alteration of with due to th-fronting.

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