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NG en · ADJ

Etymology

Abbreviation. * no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of no good or no go.
    • For instance M'Auley's down there: n. g. as position. Of course if they ran a tramline along the North Circular from the cattle market to the quays value would go up like a shot. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 4: Calypso]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 56:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of nasogastric.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of next-generation

Synonyms

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Source: en.wiktionary, “NG” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

NG en · NOUN

Etymology

Abbreviation. * no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of natural gas.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin).
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of newsgroup.
    alt of newsgroup
    • Could someone please re-post the FAQ to the NG?
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of narrow gauge.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of necrotizing gingivitis.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that causes gonorrhea
    • Pharyngeal NG infections can contribute to the sustained transmission of gonorrhea as pharyngeal infections are often asymptomatic, can persists, and remain undiagnosed. 2026 April 3, Amber D. Kimble, Yukari C. Manabe, Johan H. Melendez, “Evidence-Based Assessment of the Role of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea and Commensal Neisseria Species in the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: Data Gaps and Future Research”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 233, number 6, Oxford University Press, →DOI, retrieved 07 Aug 2023, page 983:

Forms

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NGs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

CNG · LNG

Translations (2)

fr NG ((Internet) newsgroup) · fr GN (gaz naturel) ((petrochemistry) natural gas)

wikidata: Q162867 · wikidata: Q40858 · wikidata: Q1112477

Source: en.wiktionary, “NG” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

NG en · PROPN

Etymology

Abbreviation. * no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Newgrounds.
    alt of Newgrounds
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of National Geographic.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of New Guinea
    alt of New Guinea