Meaning of y | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the KIT vowel, as in the word "typical".
2. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script.
   letter, uppercase
3. A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
4. Abbreviation of year (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.)
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. Clipping of YMCA or YWCA.
   Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
6. A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
   Canada, US, informal
7. An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".
8. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
   letter, lowercase
9. Abbreviation of year.
   abbreviation, alt-of
10. Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”).
    letter, uppercase
11. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
12. Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of
13. A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.

Equivalents

Examples

“Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.”

“He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.”

“Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views.”

“When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!””

“Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very damp and marshy, very clean streets, […]”

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