Dictionary

ARC en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

An abbreviation.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
   alt of advance reader's copy
   • “One of them came up to me in a signing line and asked for a blurb,” says Jen. “Can you believe it? Title I’ve never heard of, from some small press I’ve never heard of, and she comes up to me with a bound ARC, beaming, like of course I’m going to say yes.” 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 90:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
   alt of AIDS-related complex
3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable) Acronym of automatic reference counting.
   alt of automatic reference counting

Forms

Deriveds

unarc

ARC en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

An abbreviation.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of American Red Cross.
   alt of American Red Cross

ARC en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ARC.

Meanings

1. (initialism, not-comparable) A ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.

ARC en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ARC.

Meanings

1. The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).