cc

• IPA^(key): /siːˈsiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

cc (plural ccs or cc's)

1. Initialism of carbon copy.

   Alternative form: CC

2. Initialism of closed caption.
3. Initialism of courtesy copy.
4. Initialism of cubic centimeter.

   Alternative forms: cc., c.c.

• cc for "cubic centimeter" is language-dependent, and is not approved by the BIPM. cm³ or mL should be used instead.

cc pl (plural only)

1. Abbreviation of chapters.

cc (third-person singular simple present cc's, present participle cc'ing, simple past and past participle cc'ed or cc'd or cc:d)

1. (Internet, transitive) Initialism of carbon copy (“to add an additional recipient to the CC line of an e-mail message”).

   Synonyms: carbon copy, copy

   • 2012, Doug Fine, quoting Colleen Brand, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution‎, Penguin, →ISBN:

     Please cc me so I stay on top of any situations that might come up & I can be sure we get you answers right away.

   • 2014, Alexandra Samuel, Work Smarter, Rule Your Email‎, Harvard Business Review Press, →ISBN:

     For messages I'm cc'd on by people within my company, with the exception of a handful of senior execs (including my direct supervisor), whose cc's continue to go to my primary inbox.

2. (video games, transitive) Initialism of crowd control.

   Just cc him, bro.

• IPA^(key): /ᵑǀ͡ʔ/

cc (upper case Cc)

1. A letter of the practical Hadza alphabet.