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/keɪ/
noun 10character 3num 2intj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
full, glad, incomplete, used
VERB + K
assigned, called, conducted, draw, found, kalend, type, want
K + NOUN
alt, br, d, dad, esperanto, ftes, i'll, i'm
PREP.
about, in, in, on, than
Definitions
character
1
The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
2
The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
num
1
The eleventh numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
noun
1
A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
2
A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
3
kilometre or kilometres.
We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
4
thousand or thousands.
Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
5
The SI measurement value of 1,000
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Synonyms
noun — the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under th
noun — a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali met
- potassium
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.
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Just about 65 k of Jack's full salary comes from servicing the Baker account.
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The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso
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"K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade.
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5k = 5,000
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