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Meaning of N, n in English

N, n
noun
uk
/en/ us
/en/
plural Ns, N's or n's

N, n noun (LETTER)

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[ C or U ]
the 14th letter of the English alphabet
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N, n noun (NORTH)

[ U ]
written abbreviation for north
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N, n
adjective
uk
/en/ us
/en/
written abbreviation for north or northern
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n
noun
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/en/

n noun (MATHEMATICS)

[ U ]   mathematics   specialized
used in mathematics to mean a number whose value is not known or not stated:
If 3n = 12, what is the value of n?
[ U ]   mathematics   specialized
used more generally to represent a number that is not known or exact
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n noun (GRAMMAR)

language
written abbreviation for noun
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'n'
conjunction
  not standard
uk
/ən/ us
/ən/
used in writing to mean "and":
fish 'n' chips
rock 'n' roll
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(Definition of N, n from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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N
noun [ C ]
(also n)
us
/en/
plural N’s, Ns, n’s or ns
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the 14th letter of the English alphabet
N.
adjective, noun [ U ]
(also No.)
abbreviation for north or northern
(Definition of N, n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Translations of N, n

in Chinese (Traditional)
（英文字母表的第14個字母）, 北方（north的縮寫）, 北方的（north的縮寫）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（英语字母表的第14个字母）, 北方（north的缩写）, 北方的（north的缩写）…
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in Spanish
decimocuarta letra del abecedario inglés:, N, n…
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décima quarta letra do alfabeto, N, n…
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英字アルファベットの第14字…
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alfabenin ondördüncü harfi…
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catorzena lletra de l’alfabet anglès: N, n…
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N, n [masculine], s.…
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quattordicesima lettera dell’alfabeto inglese…
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