cc

Initialism of carbon copy.

Noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Initialism of carbon copy.
    • I had meant to cc you on this earlier. Please reply by next Thursday. Thanks.

    Related: CC

  2. Initialism of courtesy copy.

    Related: CC

  3. Initialism of closed caption or closed captioning.

    Related: CC

  4. Initialism of cubic centimeter.
    • This plastic syringe delivers one cc of medicine to the mouth of the animal. The medicine is peanut-flavored.
    • It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either...

    Synonyms: cm³ mL

    Related: cc. c.c.

Forms

ccs cc's

Noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Abbreviation of chapters.

Verb

  1. Initialism of carbon copy (“to add an additional recipient to the CC line of an e-mail message”).
    • 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. - 2012, Doug Fine, quoting Colleen Brand, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic...
    • 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. - 2014, Alexandra Samuel, Work...

    Synonyms: carbon copy copy

  2. Initialism of crowd control.
    • Just cc him, bro.

Forms

cc's cc'ing cc'd cc'ed cc:d