EC

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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
EC,  an abbreviation of:
  1. Government, European Community.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
EC abbreviation for
  1. European Community (now subsumed within the European Union)
  2. (in London postal code) East Central
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ec-, 
  1. var. of ex- 3 before a consonant:eccentric.

EC, 
  1. Government, European Community.

E.C., 
    1. Engineering Corps.
    2. Established Church.

e.c., 
  1. for the sake of example.
  • Latin exemplī causā

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ec- combining form
  1. out from; away from: ecbolic, eccentric, ecdysis
Etymology: from Greek ek (before a vowel ex) out of, away from; see ex-1
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