Dictionary

cc en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /siːˈsiː/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only) Abbreviation of chapters.
   alt of chapters
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of carbon copy.
   alt of carbon copy
   • I had meant to cc you on this earlier. Please reply by next Thursday. Thanks.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of courtesy copy.
   alt of courtesy copy
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of closed caption or closed captioning.
   alt of closed caption or closed captioning
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of cubic centimeter.
   alt of cubic centimeter
   • 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 m/s or metre per second). 2025 August 14, “The International System of Units (SI)”, in Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025, page 147:
   • This plastic syringe delivers one cc of medicine to the mouth of the animal. The medicine is peanut-flavored.

Forms

Relateds

CC · CC · c.c. · cc. · CC

Synonyms

mL · cm³

Translations (5)

pl DW (carbon copy) · pl k.o. (carbon copy) · fr cc (carbon copy) · hy պճ (carbon copy) · pl aa (carbon copy)

cc en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /siːˈsiː/

Meanings

1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, transitive) Initialism of carbon copy (“to add an additional recipient to the CC line of an e-mail message”).
   alt of carbon copy
   • 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 Smarter, Rule Your Email, Harvard Business Review Press, →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. 2012, Doug Fine, quoting Colleen Brand, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution, Penguin, →ISBN:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, transitive) Initialism of crowd control.
   alt of crowd control
   • Just cc him, bro.

Forms

Synonyms

copy · carbon copy