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English word origin

Etymology of CW

Abbreviation

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Initialism of calendar week. · Initialism of chemical warfare. · Initialism of classwork. · Initialism of content warning.

name

Initialism of Civil War · Ellipsis of ACW (“American Civil War”)

adv

Abbreviation of clockwise.

adj

Abbreviation of clockwise.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Abbreviation

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