ARC

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See also: arc, arç, arc-, ārc-, and Arc

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

Abbreviation

Noun[edit]

ARC (countable and uncountable, plural ARCs)

  1. (publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.
    • 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 90:
      “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.”
  2. (pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.
  3. (programming, uncountable) Acronym of Automatic Reference Counting.

Proper noun[edit]

ARC

  1. Initialism of American Red Cross.

Etymology 2[edit]

Spanish ARC

Proper noun[edit]

ARC

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

Adjective[edit]

ARC (not comparable)

  1. (nautical, military, initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Proper noun[edit]

ARC f

  1. (Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force)
    Synonyms: FAC (Force aérienne du Canada), Aviation roayle canadienne
    Hypernyms: FAC (Forces armées canadiennes), FC (Forces canadiennes)
  2. (Canada, finanace) Abbreviation of Agence du revenu du Canada (Revenu Canada).; CRA (Canada Revenue Agency), Revenue Canada
    Synonyms: Agence du revenu du Canada, Revenu Canada

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ARC

  1. (military, nautical) ARC; ship prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia

Proper noun[edit]

ARC

  1. (military, nautical) ARC; Abbreviation of Armada de la República de Colombia.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: ARC

Further reading[edit]