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V

 noun
     
Related topics: Numbers, Letters and punctuation
V , v plural V's, v's
1SLA [uncountable and countable] the 22nd letter of the English alphabet
2HMN the number 5 in the system of roman numerals
3 [countable usually singular] something that has a shape like the letter V:
She cut the material into a V.
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